Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Rickard, John (1935-....)
Titre(s) : Australia [Texte imprimé] : a cultural history / John Rickard
Édition : Third ed.
Publication : Clayton, Victoria : Monash university publishing, 2017
Description matérielle : xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Collection : Australian history
Lien à la collection : Australian history
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-293) and index
John Rickard's "Australia : a cultural history," first published in 1988, is still
the only short history of Australia from a cultural perspective. It has also acquired
a unique reputation as an introduction to the development of Australian society and
was listed by the historian and public intellectual John Hirst in his "First XI: the
best of Australian history books." Although arranged chronologically, this book is
not a chronicle, still less a laborious detailing of governors and governments: rather,
it focuses on the transmission of values, beliefs and customs among the diverse mix
of peoples who are today's Australians. The story begins with the sixty thousand years
of the Aboriginal presence and their continuing material and spiritual relationship
with the land, and takes the reader through the turbulent years of British colonisation
and the emergence, through prosperity, war and depression, of the cultural accommodations
which have been distinctively Australian. This Third Edition concludes with a critical
review of the challenges facing contemporary Australia and warns that "we may get
the future we deserve."
Sujet(s) : Civilisation -- Australie
Conditions sociales -- Australie
Australie -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
994 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Australie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781921867606. - ISBN 1921867604 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46843307g
Notice n° :
FRBNF46843307
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part 1. Sources ; Aboriginal Australians ; Immigrants ; Part 2. Interactions :
1788-1901 ; The environment ; Society ; Part 3. The culture: 1901-1939 ; Loyalties
; Political institutions ; Relationships and pursuits ; Part 4. The culture questioned:
1939-2016 ; Dependence 1939-1988 ; Diversity 1939-1988 ; Vision ; The view from
the twenty-first century.
