The land of dreams : how Australians won their freedom, 1788-1860 / David Kemp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kemp, David, 1941- author.

Series:

Miegunyah Press series ; Number 180.

Miegunyah volumes, Second numbered series ; Number 180

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia--History--1788-1900.

Australia.

Australia--Politics and government--To 1900.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 501 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : The Miegunyah Press, [2018]

Summary:

The Land of Dreams: How Australians Won Their Freedom, 1788-1860 tells the story of how Australians became a free people, gaining the liberties they desired to take control of their own lives, the right to govern themselves and the capacity to address their own political problems through democratic institutions. As the first book in a path-breaking five-volume Australian Liberalism series, it tells the story of how Australians laid the foundations for one of the world's most successful countries, with unprecedented levels of personal liberty and social equality. Australians did not have to fight a war for their independence, but neither did they gain it without a struggle against policies imposed by a British government in which they had no part. It required a brilliant political campaign that walked to the edge of violent resistance and from it Australia gained a national identity and political leaders who would write their constitutions, introduce democracy and later lead the successful political fight for one Australian nation.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

1 The liberal project

2 Ideas of the foundation

3 Convicts and freedom

4 The Liberal colonial reform project

5 Liberty and patriots

6 Chartists and free traders

7 Elections and the land

8 To share in the general freedom

9 Radical reform agendas: Marx and Mill

10 The Anti-Transportation League

11 Independence within the empire

12 Libertarian liberalism

13 A Whig constitution

14 Radical democracy

Notes

Select Bibliography

Biographical notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"As the first book in a landmark five-volume Australian Liberalism series" -- Book jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780522873344

0522873340

OCLC:

1088319758