Environment, Race, and Nationhood in Australia

Revisiting the Empty North
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-90573-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4602 g

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 Australia’s 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

McGregor, Russell

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Australische und Pazifische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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?.

Über Autor(innen)

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.