Australia's Boldest Experiment [electronic resource] : War and Reconstruction in the 1940s
Macintyre, Stuart, 1947-2015
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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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Author:
Macintyre, Stuart, 1947-, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : NewSouth, 2015
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1 online resource (1 text file)
ISBN:
97817422472509781742241975
Language:
English
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BRN:
335531
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | Libby, by Overdrive - eBook |