To Constitute a Nation - A Cultural History of Australia''s Constitution

Informationen zum Autor Helen penned this children's book 26 years ago as a song for her youngest child. A mother of five and now grandmother of seven, Helen has sung this song to all her grandchildren. Prompted by her late sister to send it to a publisher, her dream to become a published author has been realized. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung In this imaginative and resonant 1997 book! 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. Irving analyses the Constitutional Convention and considers its significance for Australia's future. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Irving, Helen (University of Technology Irving, Irving Helen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.1999
• EAN: 9780521668972
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66897-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Studies in Australian History; Studies in Australian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; Australia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general