Multiethnic Australia
Subtitle: Its History and Future
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: April 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780786425228
Subjects: Ethnic studies; Immigration & emigration; Social history; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; General; Ethnic Sociology; History; History - General History; Immigrants; History: World; Australia; Australia & New Zealand - Australia; Emigration & Immigration; Ethnic Studies - General; Australia & New Zealand - General; White Australia policy; Multiculturalism
Description: "After once trying to keep its population White and predominantly British, Australia reversed course. Since 1947 it has absorbed five million immigrants from some 240 countries. This book examines why immigration policies changed, the conflicts they caused and the benefits they brought"--Provided by publisher.