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To Constitute a Nation

Name: To Constitute a Nation
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 02039963
Price: 46.81 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Helen Irving
ISBN: 9780521668972

A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution

Helen Irving

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 02039963

Publishers Cambridge University Press, June 1999

This imaginative and resonant 1997 book looks at the constitution as a cultural artefact. It attempt... Full description

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This imaginative and resonant 1997 book looks at the constitution as a cultural artefact. It attempts to understand the period during which it emerged, culminating in Federation in 1901. Irving looks beyond the well-known events, places and figures to locate federation and the constitution in the context of broader social, political and cultural changes. She argues that Australians displayed an ability to reconcile the demands of pragmatism with the urge of romanticism. Despite its paradoxical construction, there is something uniquely Australian about the constitution, and it marked a utopian moment as the old century gave way to the new. Irving analyses the background and outcomes of the Constitutional Convention and considers its significance for Australia's possible future as a republic.