A New Australia

Citizenship, Radicalism and the First Republic

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Paperback | 15 December 1997

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The 1890s were a watershed in Australian history, a time of mass unemployment, industrial confrontation and sweeping social change. They also nurtured a flourishing radical culture: anarchists, socialists, single taxers, feminists and republicans. This 1997 book, informed by feminist theory and cultural studies, recreates that political and social vision. Bruce Scates reappraises these radicals and the debates they entered into and the causes they espoused. He offers new insights into a broad range of topics: the creation of the Labor Party and the meaning of citizenship; the rise of 'first-wave' feminism and contested gender definitions; the vibrant literary culture; the Utopian vision of the radicals and the communities they established; and the harsh realities of poverty and unemployment. The book tells the story of the politics of the street, and draws out many of the striking resonances between the 1890s and the 1990s.

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' ... a valuable contribution to an emerging body of historiography that re-appraises some of the heroic elements of an emergent Australian identity ... A New Australia also has much to say about the present, which is suely one of the marks of truly significant historical scholarship.' Andrew Messner, Journal of Australian Colonial History ' ... a remarkably fine book ... Author and publisher are to be congratulated on a finely crafted text in a well-made book. Henceforth, no bibliography on the 1890s will be complete without it.' Peter Love, Australian Historical Studies

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government History Regional & National History Australasian & Pacific History Earliest Times to Present Day 20th Century History from 1900 to 2000 Post War 20th Century History after 1945 General & World History

Introduction
æA world apartÆ: Class, culture and the language of radicalism
The politics of reading: belief, ideology and the transmission of knowledge
æWithin cooee distance of the millenniumÆ: the rise and fall of radical politics
æThe new ArcadiaÆ: communal settlements on the land
Poverty and protest: the culture and politics of mass unemployment
æA citizen firstÆ: women, socialism and the politics of gender
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A New Australia

Citizenship, Radicalism and the First Republic

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