Title The White Australia policy / Keith Windschuttle

Published Paddington, N.S.W. : Macleay Press, 2004 ©2004

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Description 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm regular print Series New Items Contents Introduction Australia as a racist pariah -- 1. The politicisation of history -- 2. Racism, nationalism and imperialism -- 3. Social Darwinism and the Scottish enlightenment -- 4. Radical nationalists versus empire patriots -- 5. Intellectuals and social Darwinism -- 6. Labour and the end of servility -- 7. The multicultural north -- 8. The myth of South Sea blackbirding -- 9. The rise of Japan and the yellow peril -- 10. The politics of immigration restriction -- 11. Multiculturalism and the sociology of shame Summary Accuses academic historians of using the immigration policy of the past to paint Australia in terms similar to South Africa under apartheid and Germany under the Nazis. The truth, he argues, is that it was primarily a policy to prevent cheap indentured labour from undermining living conditions and dividing Australia Analysis Immigration policy White Australia policy Racial discrimination Evaluation Evolution History Historiography Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography : pages [341]-359 Subject Immigrants -- Government policy -- Australia -- History -- 20th century. Multiculturalism -- Australia -- History. Australian South Sea Islanders -- Queensland -- History Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations -- History. Racism -- Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- History. Racism -- Australia -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. White Australia policy. Immigrants -- Government policy -- Australia -- History. SUBJECT Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007506 Australia -- Population policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007505 Australia -- Race relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Australia -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476 Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114312 Genre/Form History. LC no. 2005360483 ISBN 1876492112

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