Republicanism and responsible government : the shaping of democracy in Australia and Canada / Benjamin T. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Benjamin T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republicanism--Canada--History--19th century.

Republicanism.

Republicanism--Australia--History--19th century.

Canada--Politics and government--19th century.

Canada.

Australia--Politics and government--19th century.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montréal, Québec : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Despite remarkable similarities, little attempt has been made to compare the political development of colonial-era Australia and Canada. Both nations were born as British colonies and used violent and non-violent means to agitate for democratic freedoms. Republicanism and Responsible Government explores how these sister colonies transformed the very nature of the British Empire by insisting on democratic self-rule.

Focusing on the middle of the nineteenth century, Benjamin Jones explores key points in colonial Australian and Canadian history - Canada's Rebellions of 1837-38 and the Durham Report, and Australia's anti-transportation movement and the Eureka Stockade. Previously, historians have looked to liberalism when explaining radicalism and democratization. Jones, however, contends that Canadian and Australian radicals and reformers were influenced by the ancient political philosophy of civic republicanism, with its focus on collectivism, civic duty, and virtue. William Lyon Mackenzie and John Dunmore Lang, he argues, did not champion republicanism to achieve individual rights but to create a virtuous society free from the corruption they saw in the status quo.

Republicanism and Responsible Government challenges traditional interpretations of key events in Australian and Canadian history and shows that even though both nations remain constitutional monarchies, republican ideas have shaped their foundations since the earliest days of settlement."--Pub. desc.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 What Is Civic Republicanism?""; ""3 1837: The Almost Revolution""; ""4 Lord Durham and the Grand Compromise""; ""5 Nova Scotia and the New Deal""; ""6 The Domino Effect""; ""7 The Future America of the Southern Hemisphere: Dr Lang and the Failure of Separatism""; ""8 A Colony of Virtue:The Anti-Transportation League""; ""9 Eureka Revisited: How Republican Was the Great Stockade?""; ""10 Responsible Government: A Liberal or a Civic Republican Legacy?""

""APPENDIX ONE - Timeline of the Rebellions of 1837�1838""""APPENDIX TWO - Timeline of the Eureka Stockade ""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 9, 2014).

ISBN:

9780773592070

0773592075

9780773592063

0773592067

OCLC:

911205390