The Unknown Nation unravels the origins, influence and implications of our hesitant coming of age.
James Curran is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of
Sydney. He is the author of The Power of Speech- Australian Prime
Ministers Defining the National Image (2004) and a former analyst
at the Office of National Assessments. In 2010 he is the Fulbright
Professional Scholar in Australia-US Alliance Studies at Georgetown
University, Washington DC.
Stuart Ward is Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen.
He is the author of Australia and the British Embrace- The Demise
of the Imperial Ideal (2001) and editor of Australia's Empire (with
Deryck M Schreuder, 2008). In 2008-09 he was Keith Cameron Chair of
Australian History, University College Dublin.
"Curran and Ward have written an important, serious book about
Australia's learning to stand on her own two feet." --Canberra
Times
"This book offers an impressively thorough account of the struggles
of the various intellectuals, academics, politicians and
commentators who have spent the past century agonising over
Australia's sense of self." --Courier Mail
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