To Constitute a Nation
A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution
Series: Studies in Australian History;
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Product details:
- Edition number New ed
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 13 June 1999
- ISBN 9780521668972
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 230x154x21 mm
- Weight 495 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This 1997 book is an imaginative and resonant exploration of the broader context of the Australian constitution.
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This imaginative and resonant 1997 book looks at the constitution as a cultural artefact. It attempts to understand the period during which it emerged, culminating in Federation in 1901. Irving looks beyond the well-known events, places and figures to locate federation and the constitution in the context of broader social, political and cultural changes. She argues that Australians displayed an ability to reconcile the demands of pragmatism with the urge of romanticism. Despite its paradoxical construction, there is something uniquely Australian about the constitution, and it marked a utopian moment as the old century gave way to the new. Irving analyses the background and outcomes of the Constitutional Convention and considers its significance for Australia's possible future as a republic.
' ... the most impressive aspect of this book is the way it manages to cover everything you could want to know about the creation of the Constitution, without once becoming cluttered or confusing.' The Big Issue
Table of Contents:
Chronology; Introduction; 1. Colonial nuptials; 2. The imaginary nation; 3. Imagined Constitutions; 4. Models for a nation; 5. Things properly federal; 6. White Australians; 7. Australian natives; 8. The people; 9. Citizens; 10. Half the nation; 11. The federal compact; Postscript.
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