How a continent created a nation / Libby Robin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robin, Libby, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--Australia.

Group identity.

Nationalism--Australia.

Nationalism.

Human geography--Australia.

Human geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press Ltd, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shows how a new nation - Australia - was created in a very old continent. Looking at some of those who observe the natural world closely - including scientists, field naturalists and farmers - this title suggests fresh ways of living in an arid continent in times of global change, and gives hope that Australia can move beyond biological cringe.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Beyond the biological cringe?; Chapter 1: Nature for citizenship; Chapter 2: Strange nature; Chapter 3: Unnatural economy; Chapter 4: Collecting the nation; Chapter 5: Desert nationalism; Chapter 6: The empty North; Chapter 7: Sustaining the exceptional; Chapter 8: Home truths; Epilogue: A natural nation?; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-86840-999-5

OCLC:

476089397