The Australian Dream
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What does it mean to be Australian? The Australian Dream, edited by the historian Ian Turner, confronts this question head-on through a rich and wide-ranging anthology of documents that charts the evolution of Australian identity from colonial settlement to the modern era. Turner curates a compelling mosaic of voices — politicians, poets, explorers, and ordinary citizens — presenting their words as primary evidence in the grand, ongoing argument about what Australia is, and what it ought to be. The collection is grounded in the belief that a nation's character is best understood through its own documents, and Turner arranges them with the sure hand of a scholar who knows precisely where the bodies are buried. Spanning themes of nationalism, democracy, land, class, and the peculiar egalitarianism that Australians have long claimed as their birthright, this anthology stands as a landmark of Australian historiography. Turner's editorial sensibility is both rigorous and passionate — he is never a detached observer but an engaged participant in the national conversation he chronicles. For readers seeking to understand the contradictions and aspirations at the heart of Australian culture, this collection remains as provocative and illuminating as the day it was first assembled — a mirror held up to a nation still deciding what it sees.
Author: Ian Turner
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to be Australian? The Australian Dream, edited by the historian Ian Turner, confronts this question head-on through a rich and wide-ranging anthology of documents that charts the evolution of Australian identity from colonial settlement to the modern era. Turner curates a compelling mosaic of voices — politicians, poets, explorers, and ordinary citizens — presenting their words as primary evidence in the grand, ongoing argument about what Australia is, and what it ought to be. The collection is grounded in the belief that a nation's character is best understood through its own documents, and Turner arranges them with the sure hand of a scholar who knows precisely where the bodies are buried. Spanning themes of nationalism, democracy, land, class, and the peculiar egalitarianism that Australians have long claimed as their birthright, this anthology stands as a landmark of Australian historiography. Turner's editorial sensibility is both rigorous and passionate — he is never a detached observer but an engaged participant in the national conversation he chronicles. For readers seeking to understand the contradictions and aspirations at the heart of Australian culture, this collection remains as provocative and illuminating as the day it was first assembled — a mirror held up to a nation still deciding what it sees.