Australia, Britain and Migration, 19151940 - A Study of Desperate Hopes

Zusammenfassung This 1999 book is a systematic study of assisted emigration from Britain to Australia during the inter-war years. It offers a critical analysis of the relations between the governments of the two countries! and describes an important and overlooked aspect of Australian political and social history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Background; 1. The Great War's impact; 2. The whirl of Hughes: 1920? 3. S. M. Bruce and Empire: 1923? 4. The modest zenith of hope: 1925? 5. Ambiguities: 1926? 6. Through confusion to doom: 1928? 7. Nadir: 1929?; 8. Toward the wheel's return: 1932?; 9. Emigration; 10. Immigration; Afterword.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Roe, Michael (University of Tasmania) Roe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2002
• EAN: 9780521523264
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52326-4
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Studies in Australian History; Studies in Australian History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Migration, immigration and emigration, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples