'Is White Australia possible?' Race, colonialism and tropical medicine

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 248-271

  Bashford, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian nationalism; History; Masculinity; Tropical medicine; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATIONALISM; RACISM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034002269     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014198700329042     Document Type: Article

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