Australia and the Wider World

Neville Meaney is an honorary associate professor of history at the University of Sydney.James Curran is an associate professor at the University of Sydney and Keith Cameron Professor of Australian History at University College, Dublin.Stuart Ward is a professor in the Centre for Australian Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

• IntroductionUnderstanding the Asian century1. Modernisation and nationalism: a historical perspective on east Asian geopoliticsBritishness and Australian nationalism2. Britishness and Australian identity: the problem of nationalism in Australian history and historiography3. Britishness and Australia: some reflections4. ‘In history’s page’: myth and identityAsia and White Australia5. ‘The yellow peril’: invasion scare novels and Australian political culture6. The end of ‘White Australia’ and Australia’s changing perceptions of Asia, 1945–19907. Australia and Japan: a comparative historyAustralia in the world8. The problem of ‘Greater Britain’ and Australia’s strategic crisis 1905–19149. Frederic Eggleston on international relations and Australia’s role in the world10. Dr H.V. Evatt and the United Nations: the problem of collective security and liberal internationalismSelect list of publications by Neville Meaney