Creating White Australia.

The adoption of White Australia as government policy in 1901 demonstrates that whiteness was crucial to the ways in which the new nation of Australia was constituted. And yet, historians have largely overlooked whiteness in their studies of Australia's racial past. Creating White Australia take...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carey, Jane.
Other Authors: McLisky, Claire.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:The adoption of White Australia as government policy in 1901 demonstrates that whiteness was crucial to the ways in which the new nation of Australia was constituted. And yet, historians have largely overlooked whiteness in their studies of Australia's racial past. Creating White Australia takes a fresh approach to the question of 'race' in Australian history.
Physical Description:1 online resource (233 pages)
ISBN:9781743321331