| Main Title: |
Transplanting the agora : Hellenic settlement in Australia / Yiannis E. Dimitreas. |
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| Author: |
Dimitreas, Yiannis E.
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| Imprint: |
St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1998. |
| Collation: |
xvii, 313 p. : illustrated, portraits, facsimiles, tables, paperback ; 22 cm. |
| Summary: |
Transplanting the Agora explores the Greek experience in Australia. Starting with the first Greek migrants who arrived in the mid-nineteeth century, it outlines the reasons for migration, with particualr emphasis on the peak of Greek migration after World War II.
It analyses the role of Australian immigration policies, and public attitudes towards Hellenes on their arrival. Yiannia Dimitreas acknowledges the difficulties faced by migrants in estalishing themselves in a new country and the effects of discrimination, showing how some groups have fared better than others. He explores Greek participation in the political movements which became the driving force of Australian multiculturalism, and the Greek contribution to the broader Australian community.
Greek migrants brought with them well-established patterns of community life and powerful cultural traditions. Dimitreas argues that the cultural capital derived from Greece's historical and mythological past has been central in the development of an Hellenic-Australian identity. -- Back cover. |
| Subject: |
Greeks
Immigrants and immigration
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| ISBN: |
1864484306 : |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-308) and index.
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| Added Title: |
Hellenic settlement in Australia
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