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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : History
131-205/305 War and Australian Society 1788-1918 |
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Availability: | Not offered in 1997. | |
Credit Points: | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year | |
Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor J Lack | |
Contact: | Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week. | |
Subject Description: | A series of weekly two-hour lectures and one-hour tutorials studying Australians' experiences of war, both as combatants and civilians, during and after wars, including frontier conflict between Europeans and Aborigines, colonial involvement in British Imperial wars, and the Great War of 1914-1918. The subject explores Australian defence and foreign policy, the growth and nature of an Australian war tradition, the impact of war upon social relations and notions of national identity, the origins of the Anzac legend and of critical responses to that legend in the context of Australian traditions of myth-making and dissent. | |
Assessment: | Not more than 5000 words: class paper (15%), research essay (60%), reflective essay (25%). | |
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