1st Edition
The Enlightenment, Philanthropy and the Idea of Social Progress in Early Australia Creating a Happier Race?
Introduction 1. A Shortcut to Civilisation: The Idea of Social Progress and the Founders of Australia 2. The Purveyors of Modernity: Early "Civilising" Attempts 3. Lachlan Macquarie: The Enlightened Autocrat, the Laird of New South Wales 4. The Handmaid of Religion?:"Civilisation – Christianisation" Debate and the Progress of the Protestant Missions 5. The Folly of the Enlightened Mind: The Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate, the Rise of the Scheme 6. The Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate: The Climax and the Unraveling. Conclusion
Biography
Ilya Lazarev holds a PhD in History from the University of Melbourne, and an MA in International Relations from Ritsumeikan University, where he researched Russo-Japanese economic cooperation.
