Australia: A Cultural History (The Present and the Past)
This second edition surveys the dramatic social and cultural shifts occuring amongst Australians as they approach the centenary of federation in 2001. The book explores the way in which a distinctive... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0582276055
ISBN13:9780582276055
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:Longman Publishing Group
Length:317 Pages
Weight:1.24 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I like this book very much, I am reading it for the second time. It has a well constructed, thematic approach that takes you from pre-European Aboriginal society to late 20th century attempts to be an 'all encompassing' society. It explains how the physical environment shaped the Australian character together with the cultural and historical pull towards Britain and Europe competing with the pull towards America and Asia as it still tries to define itself in the world. One is left feeling that Australia is a rather unique combination of hedonism, tolerance, stability, blandness and infinite possibility.
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