Destination Australia

In 1901 most Australians were loyal, white subjects of the British Empire with direct connections to Britain. Within a hundred years, following an unparalleled immigration program, its population was one of the most diverse on earth. No other country has achieved such radical social and demographic change in so short a time. Destination Australia tells the story of this extraordinary transformation. Against the odds, this change has caused minimal social disruption and tension. While immigration has generated some political and social anxieties, Australia has maintained a stable democracy and a coherent social fabric. One of the impressive achievements of this book is in explaining why this might be so. Eric Richards recounts the experiences of many individual migrants from all over the world, examines the dramas and challenges of officials involved in this grand experiment and ends up telling a truly remarkable story. Compelling and revealing, Destination Australia is essentially the Australian story of the twentieth century.

ISBN 0719080371   Pages 432 ISBN13 9780719080371 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Manchester University Press   Weight (grammes) 590 Imprint Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 01 Mar 2009   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 325.94   Spine width (mm) 36 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General, Tertiary education

1		The new century: 1900 and 2000		1
2		The slow awakening: 1900-14		28
3		Migrants and the Great War: 1914-18		58
4		White British Australia resuscitated: the 1920s		80
5		Malaise, recrimination and demographic pessimism: the 1930s		113
6		Race, refugees, war and the future: 1939-45		141
7		Arthur Calwell and the new Australia: 1945-51		166
8		The great diversification: the 1950s and 1960s		204
9		White Australia dismantled: the 1970s		244
10		The end of the heroic days: the 1980s		269
11		Whither immigrant Australia?		297
12		The new century		321
13		Retrospect		350
		Statistics		385
		Notes		392
		Select bibliography		420
		Index		424

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