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We Thought We were British, Until We Lived among Them: The Culture and Economics of Australian and British Prisoners of War in the Pacific |
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Most Australians thought of themselves as British until the latter part of the twentieth century. This paper looks at the very different cultural attitudes and economic institutions developed by British and Australian prisoners of war of the Japanese, and how Australians living in close confines with the British became aware of how different they were. The structural conditions such as rations, pay, endowments and work requirements were largely similar, yet the economic institutions developed by each nationality were distinctly different. This case study examines how within the boundaries of captivity, the British and Australian POWs had the opportunity to compare their cultural attitudes and practices came to see that their own cultural boundaries delineated quite different ethics and expectations of behaviour and institutional forms in times of extreme deprivation and peril. In doing so, the Australians came to redefine their identity as no longer partly British and partly Australian, but instead firmly Australian. Repeatedly, in hundreds of camps, the British POWs established institutions of economic distribution based on hierarchy and social class while the Australians established communitarian institutions based on the idea of equality and the ethic of mateship. These camps provide quasi-experiments in economic behaviour which emphasise the importance of national culture and moral economy in identity forming. |
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| Manning, Ben. "We Thought We were British, Until We Lived among Them: The Culture and Economics of Australian and British Prisoners of War in the Pacific" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2008-10-22 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p105346_index.html> |
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| Manning, B. , 2006-08-10 "We Thought We were British, Until We Lived among Them: The Culture and Economics of Australian and British Prisoners of War in the Pacific" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2008-10-22 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p105346_index.html |
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Abstract: Most Australians thought of themselves as British until the latter part of the twentieth century. This paper looks at the very different cultural attitudes and economic institutions developed by British and Australian prisoners of war of the Japanese, and how Australians living in close confines with the British became aware of how different they were. The structural conditions such as rations, pay, endowments and work requirements were largely similar, yet the economic institutions developed by each nationality were distinctly different. This case study examines how within the boundaries of captivity, the British and Australian POWs had the opportunity to compare their cultural attitudes and practices came to see that their own cultural boundaries delineated quite different ethics and expectations of behaviour and institutional forms in times of extreme deprivation and peril. In doing so, the Australians came to redefine their identity as no longer partly British and partly Australian, but instead firmly Australian. Repeatedly, in hundreds of camps, the British POWs established institutions of economic distribution based on hierarchy and social class while the Australians established communitarian institutions based on the idea of equality and the ethic of mateship. These camps provide quasi-experiments in economic behaviour which emphasise the importance of national culture and moral economy in identity forming. |
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| 1 âWe thought we were British until we lived among themâ: the culture and economics of Australian and British Prisoners of War in the Pacific. Ben Manning1 University of NSW Australia Introduction Most Australians thought of themselves as British until the latter part of the twentieth century. This paper looks at the very different cultural attitudes and economic institutions developed by British and Australian prisoners of war of the Japanese and how Australians living in close confines with the |
| (2005) âHuman Nature and Social Interaction - Beyond Homo Oeconomicus Homo Sociologicus paper presented at the session on Sociology and the Economic Sciences at the 37th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology Stockholm 5th â 9th of July. Kallberg A (1995) âSociology and Economics: Crossing the Boundariesâ Social Forces 73(4): 1207-1218. Nelson H. (1985). Prisoners of War: Australians Under Nippon. Sydney ABC Enterprises. Radford R.A. (1945) âThe Economic Organisation of a P.O.W. Campâ Economica New Series 12(48): |
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