03076nam 2200637Ia 450 991014327990332120230120032502.00-9757475-3-3(CKB)1000000000343866(EBL)258192(OCoLC)225552073(SSID)ssj0000252750(PQKBManifestationID)11209384(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252750(PQKBWorkID)10180544(PQKB)10960946(MiAaPQ)EBC3340022(MiAaPQ)EBC258192(Au-PeEL)EBL3340022(CaPaEBR)ebr10145573(OCoLC)927230666(Au-PeEL)EBL258192(OCoLC)133168359EBL7009591(AU-PeEL)EBL7009591(MiAaPQ)EBC7009591(EXLCZ)99100000000034386620060503d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStruggle country[electronic resource] the rural ideal in twentieth century Australia /edited by Graeme Davison and Marc BrodieClayton, Vic. Monash University ePress20051 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-9757475-2-5 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; CHAPTER 1 Country life; CHAPTER 2 Rural womanhood and the 'embellishment' of rural life in urban Australia; CHAPTER 3 History and memory in Australia's wheatlands; CHAPTER 4 Local history and decline in country Victoria; CHAPTER 5 The river and the town; CHAPTER 6 Closer settlement in Queensland; CHAPTER 7 Listening in to The Lawsons; CHAPTER 8 The Rocky Gully exodus; CHAPTER 9 The politics of rural nostalgia between the wars; CHAPTER 10 The dying town syndrome; AFTERWORD Return to 'countrymindedness'; The decline of Australian country life is not new – either as a phenomenon or as a popular fear. Contemporary interest in this area is often highlighted in hopeful policy frameworks for the revitalisation of town and countryside. The continuing interaction between our dreams of the Australian countryside and the reality of its decline is the key focus of Struggle Country: The Rural Ideal in Twentieth Century Australia. Linking present concerns to history, this collection of essays looks at how the dreams of progress that captured the imagination of country towns and regions, city politicianRural developmentAustraliaHistory20th centurySociology, RuralAustraliaHistory20th centuryAustraliaRural conditionsRural developmentHistorySociology, RuralHistory307.720994/0904Davison Graeme1940-883299Brodie Marc1053672MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910143279903321Struggle country2485706UNINA