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Australiansby Thomas Keneally
Allen & Unwin 2009; US$ 54.53The first volume of a unique history of Australia where people are always centre stage, from bestselling author Thomas Keneally who brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story. more...
The Use and Abuse of Australian Historyby Graeme Davison
Allen & Unwin 2000; US$ 29.08How do Australians use, and sometimes misuse, the past? What are the private and public purposes it serves, and what dangers attend its abuse? This collection of essays explores these debates, and the ways in which the past enters everyday life in Australia, with a plea for the imaginative study of history. more...
Americanization and Australiaby Philip Bell; Roger Bell
University of NSW Press 1998; US$ 10.75America has been seen by the rest of the world as fulfilling the gleaming promise of modernity and, paradoxically, as the nightmarish fate threatening to undermine global diversity. Rather than emphasising American hegemony and Australian cultural vulnerability, this collection of essays explores the negotiation of influence and power involved in Americanisation abroad. more...
Australia-Japan Political Alignmentby Alan Rix
RoutledgeCurzon 1998; US$ 195.00Examining the renewal of post-war contacts between Australia and Japan and the resolution of wartime issues in the 1950s this book makes an original contribution to studies of Australia's foreign relations and Japan's place in the post-war world. more...
Double Visionby Alison Broinowski
Pandanus Books 2004; US$ 28.00Commentary on Japanese and Chinese views on Australian political culture. more...
Notes From Old Nanking 1947-1949by William Stenhouse Hamilton
Pandanus Books 2004; US$ 24.00Memoirs of China in the last years of the nationalist government, written by a former officer of the Australian embassy in China. more...
Making Australian Foreign Policyby Allan Gyngell; Michael Wesley
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 26.00This comprehensive text is the first to outline both practical and theoretical approaches in making Australian foreign policy. It discusses the processes, structures and calculations involved in foreign policy making in Australia, and how these have changed under the impact of the various manifestations of globalisation. more...
Imagining Australiaby Macgregor Duncan; Andrew Leigh; David Madden
Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 21.81Australia is ready for a new national vision, a roadmap for its future. Four exciting, new and talented young Australians articulate such a vision offering fresh ideas and bold thinking about the country's future political, economic and social policy. more...
Speaking for Australiaby Rod Kemp; Marion Stanton
Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 25.45Some of the most memorable speeches given in the Australian parliament since Federation in 1901 - these are the speeches that changed history, or marked a significant moment in Australian life. A fascinating record of Australian public life. more...
Curtin's Giftby John K. Edwards
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 25.45A fresh and thoughtful look at one of Australia's greatest prime ministers, John Curtin. more...