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100-003 Australia and America | |
Note | Students are permitted to enrol in all of the Australian Centre's undergraduate subjects. However, no more than two subjects can be undertaken within a twelve-month period. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Mr Tony Birch |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject examines, in a comparative context, historical and cultural developments in the United States and Australia with an emphasis on issues of national identity and social memory from the mid-nineteenth century until the present day. In tracing the similarities and differences in the experiences of these two nations, the following themes will be discussed: the relationship between indigenous and settler societies; responses to landscape and the environment, including the growth of cities; political ideologies and culture; local, regional and global identities; the diversity of Australian and American peoples; and political and creative expressions of nationhood. The subject will also investigate the ways Australians and Americans have viewed each other's societies, and the ties between the two countries. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. A hurdle requirement for this subject is 50% attendance at tutorials. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader is available from the Australian Centre |
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