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The Making and Remaking of Australasia - Mobility, Texts and 'Southern Circulations' (Hardcover)
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The Making and Remaking of Australasia - Mobility, Texts and 'Southern Circulations' (Hardcover)
Series: Empire's Other Histories
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This book explores the emergence of 'Australasia' as a way of
thinking about the culture and geography of this region. Although
it is frequently understood to apply only to Australia and New
Zealand, the concept has a longer and more complicated history.
'Australasia' emerged in the mid-18th century in both French and
British writing as European empires extended their reach into Asia
and the Pacific, and initially held strong links to the Asian
continent. The book shows that interpretations and understandings
of 'Australasia' shifted away from Asia in light of British
imperial interests in the 19th century, and the concept was adapted
by varying political agendas and cultural visions in order to reach
into the Pacific or towards Antarctica. The Making and Remaking of
Australasia offers a number of rich case studies which highlight
how the idea itself was adapted and moulded by people and texts
both in the southern hemisphere and the imperial metropole where a
range of competing actors articulated divergent visions of this
part of the British Empire. An important contribution to the
cultural history of the British Empire, Australia, New Zealand and
Pacific Studies, this collection shows how 'Australasia' has had
multiple, often contrasting, meanings.
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