Australia's Boldest Experiment
Macintyre, Stuart
| Autor: | Macintyre, Stuart |
|---|---|
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 01.06.2015 |
| EAN: | 9781742231129 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 626 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | NewSouth |
| Untertitel: | War and Reconstruction in the 1940s |
Produktinformationen "Australia's Boldest Experiment"
In this landmark book, Stuart Macintyre explains how a country traumatised by World War I, hammered by the Depression and overstretched by World War II became a prosperous, successful and growing society by the 1950s. An extraordinary group of individuals, notably John Curtin, Ben Chifley, Nugget Coombs, John Dedman and Robert Menzies, re-made the country, planning its reconstruction against a background of wartime sacrifice and austerity. The other part of this triumphant story shows Australia on the world stage, seeking to fashion a new world order that would bring peace and prosperity. This book shows the 1940s to be a pivotal decade in Australia. At the height of his powers, Macintyre reminds us that key components of the society we take for granted - work, welfare, health, education, immigration, housing - are not the result of military endeavour but policy, planning, politics and popular resolve.
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