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Autore |
Tink Andrew |
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Titolo |
Australia 1901-2001 : a narrative history / / Andrew Tink |
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Sydney, New South Wales : , : Newsouth, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-74224-712-1 |
1-74224-187-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (458 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social history |
Ethnology - Australia |
Australia History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; 1 Hopetoun's blunder; 2 The Australian crawl; 3 Sweat and chaff; 4 Dogs' livers; 5 My God! If only I had known; 6 Bloody stalemate; 7 Backs to the wall; Picture section; 8 Fini retreat -beaucoup Australiens ici; 9 A land fit for heroes?; 10 The diggers take over; 11 Men, money and markets; 12 Crash; 13 To the brink; 14 Depths of Depression; 15 From Depression to appeasement; 16 Australia is also at war; 17 The sons of the First AIF; 18 1942 - Australia's darkest year; 19 To victory; 20 Postwar blues; 21 Australia's Cold War; 22 The Queen and the Petrovs |
23 From ice chests to Frigidaires24 Indonesia looms large; 25 36 faceless men; 26 Confrontation with Indonesia; 27 All the way with LBJ; 28 Live from the Moon; 29 It's time; 30 Prima donna assoluta; 31 We've been sacked; 32 An ethical obligation; 33 Defining Australia; 34 Murray-Darling salt lick; 35 Hundreds and thousands; 36 O'Sullivan's WiFirevolution; 37 Mabo; 38 A bloody big rock; 39 We're safe now, pumpkin; 40 Weapons off!; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Andrew Tink's superb book tells the story of Australia in the twentieth century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. A century marked by the trauma of war and the despair of the depression, balanced by extraordinary achievements in sport, science and the arts. A country underpinned by a political system that worked most of the |
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