Anglo-Celtic Australia: Colonial Immigration and Cultural Regionalism (Center Books on the International Scene) - Hardcover

Greiner, Alyson L.; Jordan-Bychov, Terry G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 193006604X ISBN 13: 9781930066045

Publisher: Center for American Places, 2002

Synopsis

For years the prevailing view among scholars has been that postcolonial Australia is "an undifferentiated composite of Anglo-Celtic culture," in which English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish components quickly fused into a singular culture. But based on extensive field research, this study questions that view: the authors' compilation of data from 13,271 tombstones revealing the birth place of the interred, from 565 graveyards throughout Australia, shows "point-to-point and shire-to-shire migration from the British Isles to Australia." As a result, they also uncover Australia's distinct regional clusters of specific groups from the British Isles—and the differences of religion, dialect, urbanization, and agriculture that accompany them.

About this title

About the Author:

Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov is the Walter Prescott Webb Professor of History and Ideas in the department of geography at the University of Texas of Austin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Center for American Places
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 193006604X
• ISBN 13: 9781930066045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208