Further Details
Title: Australia's Boldest Experiment Condition: New Subtitle: War and Reconstruction in the 1940s EAN: 9781742231129 ISBN: 9781742231129 Publisher: NewSouth Publishing Format: Paperback Release Date: 01/06/2015 Description: A major new account of the 1940s in Australia.
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. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: AU Item Height: 234mm Item Length: 153mm Author: Stuart Macintyre Genre: History Topic: Law & Politics, Business & Finance Release Year: 2015
Missing Information?
Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing. |