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Nations vs imperial unions in a time of globalization, 1707-2007.(Commentary)(Essay)
In the circumstances of intensifying globalization, all nations are becoming mongrels, hybrids or foundlings, but old empires die hard. May 2007 marked the three-hundredth anniversary of the state that founded Australia--the United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. This elderly piece of multiculturalism has endured various titles like 'Britain' and 'Great Britain', all intended to make it sound more united than it ever was. At one time a rather swank lodger hung about the place as well: 'the Empire'. This dubious character was addicted to corporate planetary takeovers, thanks to a naval fighting machine that outclassed all competitors, and a similarly ...
- The History Wars.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Social History Munro, Doug March 22, 2007 700+ words
The History Wars, new updated edition...that characterizes other history wars and the constant of national...sides of the Australia history wars are divided into opposing...Keating's denunciations of Britain's abandonment of Australian...
- The history wars; Bagehot.(Bagehot: The history wars)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) September 26, 2009 700+ words
...polling day (probably next spring). Britain's politicians are pre-emptively bickering...1997, the government fixed the roofs of Britain's schools and hospitals instead. That...motivates voting. This is as true in Britain as it is in America. History has indeed...
- The History Wars.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Melbourne Journal of Politics Phillips, Andrew January 1, 2003 700+ words
...This is the key question animating The History Wars; a provocative analysis of the creeping...partisan political cause' (p. 1), The History Wars chronicles a litany of public debates...makes a compelling case for taking the History Wars and their partisans seriously, two...
- Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark, The History Wars.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society Steggles, Matthew December 1, 2004 700+ words
...Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark, The History Wars, Melbourne University Press, Carlton...274 pages; ISBN 0 52285 091 X. The History Wars is a provocative account of how history...settlement in Australia. The term 'History Wars' is borrowed from an American book...
- Footnotes, fabrications, facts? On writing history.(The History Wars)(Book...
- Magazine article from: Traffic MacDonald, Helen July 1, 2003 700+ words
...Stuart Macintyre & Anna Clark, The History Wars, Melbourne University Publishing...told them the truth about our past. History Wars is a timely entry into this heated discussion...received an academic training. One of History Wars' most valuable contributions lies in...
- History Wars.
- Magazine article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Rothstein, Linda January 1, 1997 700+ words
...is written by the winners. If only it were that simple. History Wars recounts 1995's biggest battle in the culture wars, the...Legion believed the exhibit should be wholly celebratory. History Wars contributor John Dower points out that "the American Legion...
- Moving the genocide debate beyond the History Wars *.
- Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History Moses, A. Dirk June 1, 2008 700+ words
Introduction The predictable polarisation of the "History Wars" has framed the scholarly and public discussion of...here. These features make genocide central to the "history wars", themselves a battlefront in the broader "culture...
- History wars; why the right is losing in academe.
- Magazine article from: The Nation Wiener, Jon May 24, 1986 700+ words
HISTORY WARS Why the Right Is Losing in Academe The attention focused on Accuracy in Academia has obscured a more significant siege on radical...
