Helen Irving: To Constitute a Nation

Cover: 9780521668972 | To Constitute a Nation | Helen Irving | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2012

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Beschreibung

This imaginative and resonant 1997 book looks at the constitution as a cultural artefact. It attempts to understand the period during which it emerged, culminating in Federation in 1901. Irving looks beyond the well-known events, places and figures to locate federation and the constitution in the context of broader social, political and cultural changes. She argues that Australians displayed an ability to reconcile the demands of pragmatism with the urge of romanticism. Despite its paradoxical construction, there is something uniquely Australian about the constitution, and it marked a utopian moment as the old century gave way to the new. Irving analyses the background and outcomes of the Constitutional Convention and considers its significance for Australia's possible future as a republic.

Über den Autor

Helen penned this children's book 26 years ago as a song for her youngest child. A mother of five and now grandmother of seven, Helen has sung this song to all her grandchildren. Prompted by her late sister to send it to a publisher, her dream to become a published author has been realized.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chronology; Introduction; 1. Colonial nuptials; 2. The imaginary nation; 3. Imagined Constitutions; 4. Models for a nation; 5. Things properly federal; 6. White Australians; 7. Australian natives; 8. The people; 9. Citizens; 10. Half the nation; 11. The federal compact; Postscript.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521668972
ISBN-10:	0521668972
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Irving, Helen
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Helen Irving
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.12.2012
Gewicht:	0,399 kg