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To Constitute a Nation:

A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution
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Cambridge University Press, Jun 13, 1999 - History - 272 pages
This imaginative and resonant book looks at the constitution as a cultural artifact. 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. 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 analyzes the background and outcomes of the recent Constitutional Convention and considers its significance for Australia's future. A new chapter covers the development of the constitution in the twentieth century.
  

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Selected pages

Contents

Colonial Nuptials
6
The Imaginary Nation
25
Imagined Constitutions
46
Models For a Nation
62
Things Properly Federal
79
White Australians
100
Australian Natives
119
The People
134
Half the Nation
171
The Federal Compact
196
Conclusion
212
Epilogue
216
Key Sections of the Constitution
220
Notes
224
Select Bibliography
244
Index
253

Citizens
156
Copyright

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To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution
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About the author (1999)

Helen Irving holds degrees in political science, anthropology, history, and law. She is currently Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney. Helen Irving has taught political science and constitutional law in several Australian universities since her first appointment in 1977 and was recently Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School from 2005 to 2006. She is the author of To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution and Five Things to Know about the Australian Constitution. She is also the editor of A Woman's Constitution?, The Centenary Companion to Australian Federation and Unity and Diversity: A National Conversation, among others. She has published widely in journals and in edited collections and is a frequent opinion writer and media commentator. She has been the historical consultant for a number of television and radio documentaries, as well as historical and constitutional advisor to many public and governmental bodies and Justices of the High Court of Australia.

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TitleTo Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution
Studies in Australian History
AuthorHelen Irving
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherCambridge University Press, 1999
ISBN0521668972, 9780521668972
Length272 pages
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History / Australia & New Zealand
Political Science / Constitutions
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural
  
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