Australian Studies
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An Immigrant Nation Seeks Cohesion
Australia from 1788
James Jupp
An Immigrant Nation Seeks Cohesion' is based on years of studying and teaching Australian politics and an active interest and involvement in immigration and settlement policies since the 1950s. This was a period of mass immigration from Britain and Europe, organised and mainly subsidised by the British and Australian governments.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783087662
April 2018
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£115.00 / $115.00An Immigrant Nation Seeks Cohesion’ is based on years of studying and teaching Australian politics and an active interest and involvement in immigration and settlement policies since the 1950s. This was a period of mass immigration from Britain and Europe, organised and mainly subsidised by the British and Australian governments.
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Australian Media and the Politics of Belonging
Edited by David Nolan, Karen Farquharson, Timothy Marjoribanks
Containing contributions by leading scholars, ‘Australian Media and the Politics of Belonging’ addresses key topical themes and concerns in contemporary Australia.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783087785
March 2018
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£115.00 / $115.00Containing contributions by leading scholars, ‘Australian Media and the Politics of Belonging’ addresses key topical themes and concerns in contemporary Australia.
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Migrant Nation
Australian Culture, Society and Identity
Edited by Paul Longley Arthur
‘Migrant Nation: Australian Culture, Society and Identity’ casts new light on Australian identity through historical accounts of the many and varied experiences of migration.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783087204
December 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Migrant Nation: Australian Culture, Society and Identity’ casts new light on Australian identity through historical accounts of the many and varied experiences of migration.
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Memory, Place and Aboriginal-Settler History
Understanding Australians’ Consciousness of the Colonial Past
Skye Krichauff
Taking the absence of Aboriginal people in South Australian settler descendants’ historical consciousness as a starting point, ‘Memory, Place and Settler‒Aboriginal History’ combines the methodologies and theories of historical enquiry, anthropology and memory studies to investigate the multitudinous and intertwined ways the colonial past is known, represented and understood by current generations.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783086818
September 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00Taking the absence of Aboriginal people in South Australian settler descendants’ historical consciousness as a starting point, ‘Memory, Place and Settler‒Aboriginal History’ combines the methodologies and theories of historical enquiry, anthropology and memory studies to investigate the multitudinous and intertwined ways the colonial past is known, represented and understood by current generations.
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Politics, Media and Campaign Language
Australia’s Identity Anxiety
Stephanie Brookes
‘Politics, Media and Campaign Language’ is an original, groundbreaking analysis of the story of Australian identity told through Australian election campaign language. Introducing the concept of identity security, the book argues that the story of Australian identity is characterised by recurring cycles of anxiety and reassurance, which betray a deep underlying feeling of insecurity.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783085019
April 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Politics, Media and Campaign Language’ is an original, groundbreaking analysis of the story of Australian identity told through Australian election campaign language. Introducing the concept of identity security, the book argues that the story of Australian identity is characterised by recurring cycles of anxiety and reassurance, which betray a deep underlying feeling of insecurity.
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Post-Multicultural Writers as Neo-cosmopolitan Mediators
Sneja Gunew
‘Post-Multicultural Writers as Neo-Cosmopolitan Mediators’ is the first book to bring together global debates in neo-cosmopolitanism over the last decade and Australian minority writers, linking them to globalisation and transnationalism in cultural studies.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783086634
February 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Post-Multicultural Writers as Neo-Cosmopolitan Mediators’ is the first book to bring together global debates in neo-cosmopolitanism over the last decade and Australian minority writers, linking them to globalisation and transnationalism in cultural studies.
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Finding Queensland in Australian Cinema
Poetics and Screen Geographies
Allison Craven
'Finding Queensland in Australian Cinema' explores gender, race and place in selected Australian films in various phases of Australian cinema: from Charles Chauvel’s 'Jedda' (1955), to the ‘period’ films of the New Wave in the 1970s, to the Indigenous filmmakers since the 1990s, and the contemporary era of transnational productions in Australia.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783085491
July 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Finding Queensland in Australian Cinema’ explores gender, race and place in selected Australian films in various phases of Australian cinema: from Charles Chauvel’s ‘Jedda’ (1955), to the ‘period’ films of the New Wave in the 1970s, to the Indigenous filmmakers since the 1990s, and the contemporary era of transnational productions in Australia.
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Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination
Elizabeth McMahon
Australia is the planet’s sole island continent. This book argues that the uniqueness of this geography has shaped Australian history and culture, including its literature. Further, it shows how shifting understandings of the island continent shed new light on the relationship between islands and continents in the mapping of modernity.
Anthem Press
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9781783085347
July 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00Australia is the planet’s sole island continent. This book argues that the uniqueness of this geography has shaped Australian history and culture, including its literature. Further, it shows how shifting understandings of the island continent shed new light on the relationship between islands and continents in the mapping of modernity.
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Travelling Home, ‘Walkabout Magazine’ and Mid-Twentieth-Century Australia
Mitchell Rolls, Anna Johnston
'Walkabout' was one of the most popular magazines in mid-twentieth century Australia, educating local and international readers about the Australian landscape, its peoples and industry. It featured many of the most interesting writers, natural scientists and commentators. This book investigates 'Walkabout’ magazine's pivotal role in Australian cultural history.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783085378
July 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Walkabout’ was one of the most popular magazines in mid-twentieth century Australia, educating local and international readers about the Australian landscape, its peoples and industry. It featured many of the most interesting writers, natural scientists and commentators. This book investigates ‘Walkabout’ magazine’s pivotal role in Australian cultural history.
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Aboriginal Art and Australian Society
Hope and Disenchantment
Laura Fisher
This unique study tracks the way the Aboriginal art phenomenon has mediated Indigenous/non-indigenous relations in Australia. It illuminates the utopian and dystopian currents of thought that have arisen in relation to the art, and the contradictory social and political aspirations to which it has been anchored in public culture.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783085316
May 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00This unique study tracks the way the Aboriginal art phenomenon has mediated Indigenous/non-indigenous relations in Australia. It illuminates the utopian and dystopian currents of thought that have arisen in relation to the art, and the contradictory social and political aspirations to which it has been anchored in public culture.
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Inside Australian Culture
Legacies of Enlightenment Values
Baden Offord, Erika Kerruish, Rob Garbutt, Adele Wessell, Kirsten Pavlovic
foreword by Ashis Nandy
afterword by Vinay Lal‘Inside Australian Culture: Legacies of Enlightenment Values’ offers a critical intervention into the effects of colonialism in Australia, which continue to inform and dominate its public culture and institutions. Through an analysis of three significant moments in Australian history, the authors investigate how the public sphere continues to derive its values from the British Enlightenment.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783082315
July 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Inside Australian Culture: Legacies of Enlightenment Values’ offers a critical intervention into the effects of colonialism in Australia, which continue to inform and dominate its public culture and institutions. Through an analysis of three significant moments in Australian history, the authors investigate how the public sphere continues to derive its values from the British Enlightenment.
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Australian Patriography
How Sons Write Fathers in Contemporary Life Writing
Stephen Mansfield
This study of modern Australian life writing by sons who focus on fathers is the first of its kind within Australian literature. It offers compelling readings of Raimond Gaita’s ‘Romulus, My Father’, Peter Rose’s ‘Rose Boys’ and many others.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283306
May 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This study of modern Australian life writing by sons who focus on fathers is the first of its kind within Australian literature. It offers compelling readings of Raimond Gaita’s ‘Romulus, My Father’, Peter Rose’s ‘Rose Boys’ and many others.
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How to Get Into Medical School in Australia
The Definitive Guide to Applying to Medical School
Timothy Shiraev
‘How to Get into Medical School in Australia’ is the definitive guide on how to succeed in your application to medical school – and how to excel once there.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9780857285676
April 2013
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£29.99 / $29.99‘How to Get into Medical School in Australia’ is the definitive guide on how to succeed in your application to medical school – and how to excel once there.
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Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 1930–1970
The Getting of Bookselling Wisdom
Jason D. Ensor
This volume details the history of Australia’s oldest and most nationally iconic publishing firm, Angus & Robertson, and its long-term investment in establishing and maintaining a viable commercial arm in London from 1930 to 1970.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857285669
December 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume details the history of Australia’s oldest and most nationally iconic publishing firm, Angus & Robertson, and its long-term investment in establishing and maintaining a viable commercial arm in London from 1930 to 1970.
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Reading by Numbers
Recalibrating the Literary Field
Katherine Bode
‘Reading by Numbers: Recalibrating the Literary Field’ explores the critical potential of digital and quantitative methods for producing new knowledge about literary and cultural history.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284549
July 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Reading by Numbers: Recalibrating the Literary Field’ explores the critical potential of digital and quantitative methods for producing new knowledge about literary and cultural history.
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Imagined Mobility
Migration and Transnationalism among Indian Students in Australia
Michiel Baas
This book critically examines the history and current issues on the migration of Indian students to Australia.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318934
October 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00This book critically examines the history and current issues on the migration of Indian students to Australia.