Environment, Race, and Nationhood in Australia: Revisiting the Empty North by Ru

Description: Environment, Race, and Nationhood in Australia by Russell McGregor This new study offers a timely and compelling account of why past generations of Australians have seen the north of the country as an empty land, and how those perceptions of Australias tropical regions impact current policy and shape the self-image of the nation. It considers the origins of these concerns - from fears of invasion and moral qualms about leaving resources lying idle, from apprehensions about white nationhood coming under international censure and misgivings about the natural attributes of the north - and elucidates Australians changing appreciations of the natural environments of the north, their shifting attitudes toward race and their unsettled conceptions of Asia. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover This new study offers a timely and compelling account of why past generations of Australians have seen the north of the country as an empty land, and how those perceptions of Australias tropical regions impact current policy and shape the self-image of the nation. It considers the origins of these concerns - from fears of invasion and moral qualms about leaving resources lying idle, from apprehensions about white nationhood coming under international censure and misgivings about the natural attributes of the north - and elucidates Australians changing appreciations of the natural environments of the north, their shifting attitudes toward race and their unsettled conceptions of Asia. Author Biography Russell McGregor is currently Adjunct Professor of History at James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. His publications include the award-winning books Imagined Destinies: Aboriginal Australians and the Doomed Race Theory and Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal People and the Australian Nation. Table of Contents Preface.- Chapter 1: Anxieties Aroused.- Chapter 2: Whiteness versus the Tropics.- Chapter 3: Acquiring a White Elephant.- Chapter 4: A Dog in the Manger.- Chapter 5: Colouring the Empty Spaces.- Chapter 6: Redeeming the Desolation.- Chapter 7: Downgrading the North.- Chapter 8: Vulnerabilities Laid Bare.- Chapter 9: Modest Projections, Massive Projects.- Chapter 10: The Divisive North.- Chapter 11: Whither the White North?.- Chapter 12: Emptiness Attenuated.- Epilogue, or Are We There Yet?. Review "The book is, in many ways, a twentieth-century history of high modernity and failed development in a specific environmental and geographic context. … This will be the go-to book that documents that long history." (Alison Bashford, Australian Historical Studies, Vol. 48 (2), May, 2017) Review Quote "The book is, in many ways, a twentieth-century history of high modernity and failed development in a specific environmental and geographic context. ... This will be the go-to book that documents that long history." (Alison Bashford, Australian Historical Studies, Vol. 48 (2), May, 2017) Details ISBN1349956511 Author Russell McGregor Year 2018 ISBN-10 1349956511 ISBN-13 9781349956517 Format Paperback Subtitle Revisiting the Empty North DEWEY 354.3 Birth 1955 Pages 256 Publication Date 2018-05-27 Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Short Title Environment, Race, and Nationhood in Australia Language English UK Release Date 2018-05-27 AU Release Date 2018-05-27 NZ Release Date 2018-05-27 Illustrations XIX, 256 p. Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016 Alternative 9781349905737 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132130367;

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