Phil Griffiths Phil Griffiths
Biographic Data
| ID | 5073778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Phil Griffiths Phil Griffiths |
| GIVEN NAMES | Phil Griffiths Phil |
| FAMILY NAME | Griffiths |
| SIGNATURE | GRIFFITHS P G P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Coolie Labour Crisis in Colonial Queensland
The conflict over 'coolie labour' was of great importance in colonial Australia. Like the debates and conflicts over Chinese immigration and Pacific Islander labour, the outcome helped shape dominant national strategies around labour, immigration and nationalism, summed up in the idea of a White Australia. Unlike the issue of Chinese immigration, it drove major capitalist interests into a prolonged and bitter conflict with each other. Sugar plant…
The "Necessity" of a Socially Homogeneous Population
In 1888, the colonial governments of Australia came together to agree on a policy of racial exclusion — aimed at preventing Chinese immigration. This article argues that key figures in the colonial ruling class feared the development of a racially divided population and shows them drawing on the mainstream liberal theory of anti-slavery, and John Stuart Mill’s theory that representative government required social homogeneity, to construct and leg…
This is a British Colony
The seafarers' strike of 1878–79 has occupied a special place in the history of White Australia, symbolising the idea that militant working class action led to the racial exclusion of Chinese and other non-white people. This article demonstrates that the strike was, remarkably, supported by a significant proportion of the colonial ruling class, including the conservative politicians and newspapers of Queensland, primarily because they were concer…
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This is a British Colony
The seafarers' strike of 1878–79 has occupied a special place in the history of White Australia, symbolising the idea that militant working class action led to the racial exclusion of Chinese and other non-white people. This article demonstrates that the strike was, remarkably, supported by a significant proportion of the colonial ruling class, including the conservative politicians and newspapers of Queensland, primarily because they were concer…
The "Necessity" of a Socially Homogeneous Population
In 1888, the colonial governments of Australia came together to agree on a policy of racial exclusion — aimed at preventing Chinese immigration. This article argues that key figures in the colonial ruling class feared the development of a racially divided population and shows them drawing on the mainstream liberal theory of anti-slavery, and John Stuart Mill’s theory that representative government required social homogeneity, to construct and leg…
The Coolie Labour Crisis in Colonial Queensland
The conflict over 'coolie labour' was of great importance in colonial Australia. Like the debates and conflicts over Chinese immigration and Pacific Islander labour, the outcome helped shape dominant national strategies around labour, immigration and nationalism, summed up in the idea of a White Australia. Unlike the issue of Chinese immigration, it drove major capitalist interests into a prolonged and bitter conflict with each other. Sugar plant…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Australian History and Society (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Project commissioning (2 works) · Publishing (2 works)