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Addresses the major gap in film scholarship - the influence of Charles Darwin's theories on the history of the cinema. This title argues that Darwinian ideas influenced the evolution of early film genres such as horror, the detective film, science fiction, film noir and the musical.

Brings together a major essay on Sir Henry Parkes, Father of Federation, and several significant studies of particular aspects of Sir Robert Menzies, Australia's longest serving prime minister's long career. This work also includes an analyses of the development of historical research in Australia.

A work about conflict between a country with limits to its international influence - Australia - and an international actor with enormous presence on the world stage - the European Union. It offers an examination of Australia's relationship with the powerful EU and provides a fresh perspective on politics and trade, old security and new security.

The radical journalist Wilfred Burchett (16/9/1911-27/9/1983) was persecuted by the Australian government during his lifetime and publicly reviled in print long after his death. This biography of a controversial foreign correspondent explores the truth behind Burchett's reports from his travels on the other side of the ideological divide.

In the rush to avoid or reduce the repercussions of climate change, we need to ensure that the burden is evenly distributed or run the risk of creating injustice. This book demonstrates that the problem of how to distribute the costs of climate change is fundamentally a problem of justice.

Contains contributions from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous authors from Australia, New Zealand and North America including Marcia Langton, Gillian Triggs, Joe Williams, Paul Chartrand and Noel Pearson. This book also covers topics as diverse as treaty and agreement making in Australia, New Zealand and British Columbia.