The enlightenment, philanthropy and the idea of social progress in early Australia : creating a happier race? /
"This book seeks to highlight the influence of the Enlightenment idea of social progress on the character of the "civilising mission" in early Australia by tracing its presence in the various "civilising" attempts undertaken between 1788 and 1850. It also represents an attem...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group,
2019
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Routledge studies in cultural history ;
63 |
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Table of Contents:
- A shortcut to civilisation: the idea of social progress and the founders of Australia
- The purveyors of modernity: early "civilising" attempts
- Lachlan Macquarie: the enlightened autocrat, the Laird of New South Wales
- The handmaid of religion: "civilisation/Christianisation" debate and the progress of the Protestant missions
- The folly of the enlightened mind: the Port Phillip aboriginal protectorate, the rise of the scheme
- The Port Phillip aboriginal protectorate: the climax and the unraveling