British Imperialism and Australian Nationalism: Manipulation, Conflict and Compromise in the Late Nineteenth Century.

Abstract

Introduction Part I. The Years 1880-6: 1. The search for a safe federation 2. The imperial defence ideology 3. The Anglo-Australian system in the Pacific 4. The empire of commerce 5. The empire of commerce Part II. The Years 1887-94: 6. Whose nation? 7. Race: idea and practice 8. Federalism and defence 9. Imperial and colonial trade 10. British loans: Australian depression 11. London and Australia - the great strikes Part III. The Years 1895-1900: 12. Sinews of war 13. Federating in a white world Part IV. Perspectives: 14. Historical writings - national and imperial 15. Imperialism: towards a workable model Notes Appendix Bibliography Index.