Introduction: Australia as a racist pariah
1. The politicisation of history
2. Racism, nationalism and imperialism
3. Social Darwinism and the Scottish enlightenment
4. Radical nationalists versus empire patriots
5. Intellectuals and social Darwinism
6. Labour and the end of servility
7. The multicultural north
8. The myth of South Sea blackbirding
9. The rise of Japan and the yellow peril
10. The politics of immigration restriction
11. Multiculturalism and the sociology of shame.