Free Country Australians’ Search for Utopia 1861–1901
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Free Country Australians’ Search for Utopia 1861–1901

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Full Title

Free Country Australians\' Search for Utopia 1861–1901
Author(s)

David Kemp
Edition
ISBN

9780522873498, 9780522873481
Publisher

Miegunyah Press
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

A Free Country: Australians’ Search for Utopia 1861-1901 tells how Australians, inspired by their new democracy, attempted to use their freedom to build a society without social and economic conflict. As the second book in a landmark five-volume Australian Liberalism series, A Free Country shows the successes and missteps in the attempt to establish the legal and moral foundations for a liberal society in Australia, examining the ideological battles of the period. The national politics of twentieth-century Australia had their roots during this time, as utopian dreams of ‘social reconstruction’ opposed liberal ideals of individual freedom, fostering the concept of ‘class wars’ and leading to the ongoing involvement of trade unions in politics. As emerging collective ideas of nationalism, empire, race and class challenged individual rights and threatened to seed domestic and international conflict, liberals succeeded in bringing the six colonies into one Australian nation founded on liberal principles, writing a constitution hailed as the most democratic in the world.

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