Australia, the recreational society / / David Mosler

• Autore: Mosler David <1941->
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 193 pages)
• Disciplina: 994
• Soggetto topico: National characteristics, Australian; Nationalism - Australia; Popular culture - Australia
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Social life and customs; Australia Politics and government; Australia Civilization American influences; Australia Civilization
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-177) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- AUSTRALIA, THE RECREATIONAL SOCIETY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 THE HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF THE RECREATIONAL SOCIETY -- WHAT IS NATIONAL CHARACTER? -- WHAT IS A RECREATIONAL SOCIETY? -- WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM? -- THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHARACTER DEBATE -- AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY IN LITERATURE, ART, AND MUSIC -- HISTORICAL ETIOLOGY: THE BRITISH AND EUROPEAN CONTEXT -- NOTES -- 2 THE BIRTH OF A NATION -- THE ANGLO-SAXONS -- FROM CONVICT SETTLEMENT TO NATION1 -- THE NEW NATION -- FROM INDEPENDENCE TO WORLD WAR II -- WORLD WAR II TO THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION -- A FINAL NOTE ON THE BUSH LEGEND AND "RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM" -- NOTES -- 3 THE ECONOMY -- THE ECONOMY THAT ALWAYS BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE -- THE COLONIAL ECONOMY -- FROM FEDERATION TO THE PACIFIC WAR -- THE AMERICANIZATION OF POST-WORLD WAR II AUSTRALIA -- MISCELLANEOUS (RECREATIONAL) TRAITS IN THE AUSTRALIAN COSMOLOGY OF WORK -- Time -- The World of Work -- WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS OR "DID YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND?" -- Holiday Leave Loading -- Time Off -- The Dole and Welfare -- THE AUSTRALIAN MANAGER IN A RECREATIONAL SOCIETY -- THE RAILROADS -- THE SYDNEY AIRPORT SAGA -- THE ABC -- RECREATION AND PUBLIC POLICY -- PHILANTHROPY -- TOURISM -- The Weather or "Have a Nice Day" -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 4 THE STATE -- WHAT DO AUSTRALIANS THINK OF THEIR POLITICAL STRUCTURES? -- THE COLONIAL STATE -- THE STATE AS IT EMERGED FROM FEDERATION TO 1945 -- AUSTRALIA FROM THE COLD WAR TO THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION -- THE AUSTRALIAN STATES -- DEFENSE OF THE REALM FROM FEDERATION TO THE PRESENT -- THE TIMOR CRISIS: 1999-2000 -- THE NATIONHOOD OF AUSTRALIA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- The Flag -- Australia Day -- "Pollies" in the New Century -- Pride in the Nation State of Australia in the New Century -- The Centenary of Federation -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 5 THE CULTURE. ; RECREATION AND GLOBAL CULTURE: THE MATERIAL THINGS OF LIFE -- AUSTRALIAN CULTURE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- The Australian Family -- Entertainment -- Diet and Eating -- Beer and Wine -- Nonsense Activities -- Dressing Up and Painting Faces -- Birthdays -- Parties, Pics, and "A Good Night" -- Sport -- The Numbers -- The Cultural and Historical Context -- A Brief Historical Overview of Sport and Recreation -- Sport in the Modern Era -- Beach, Surf and Sand -- Entertainment Combined with Sport: The "Fun Run" and Car Rally -- Adelaide and Melbourne and the Formula One Grand Prix Saga -- Gambling -- Pokies -- Horseracing -- Cricket -- The Great World Series Cricket Revolution -- Sport and Death -- Youth and Recreation -- The 2000 Olympic Games -- The Arts: The Less Material Side of Life (Spiritual?) -- Film -- "Hey, Hey It's Saturday" -- The "Spiritual": Religion, Ideas, and Beliefs -- A SPECIAL NOTE ON THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS -- PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE OF AUSTRALIAN CULTURE -- NOTES -- 6 THE EDUCATION SYSTEM -- EDUCATION IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE -- THE EDUCATION OF A COLONIAL SOCIETY -- EDUCATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TO WORLD WAR II -- EDUCATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SINCE WORLD WAR II -- A NATION WITHOUT HISTORY -- PUBLIC POLICY ON EDUCATION: "STRATEGIES" IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY FOR A NATION WITHOUT HISTORY AND A SENSE OF NATIONAL DESTINY -- A SPECIAL NOTE ON EXCURSIONS AND CAMPS -- SPORT, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING -- THE "CLEVER COUNTRY" -- The Education of Teachers for the "Clever Country" -- THE UNIVERSITIES -- "Quality Control" -- Students -- NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS -- THE MIGRATING ELITES -- THE FUTURE OF AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION -- NOTES -- 7 CONCLUSION AND THE FUTURE: AUSTRALIA-THE FIFTY-FIRST STATE OF AMERICA? -- THE REPUBLIC DEBATE -- THE DEFEAT OF THE REPUBLIC REFERENDUM -- Does It Matter? -- What If Nothing Is Done?. ; AUSTRALIA IN 2050: POPULATE OR PERISH -- IS, THEN, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, AUSTRALIA A NATION? -- NOTES -- EPILOGUE: AUSTRALIA IN 2050 -- POSTSCRIPT -- NOTES -- APPENDIX A: AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTERS FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT -- A SHORT NOTE ON AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL PARTIES -- APPENDIX B: THE CENTENARY OF FEDERATION "TEN-POINT PLAN" FOR AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SURVIVAL -- GLOSSARY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: From its very inception Australia has been a derivative society: First as part of the British Empire and then, soon after World War II, what Mosler considers the American Empire and the new end-of-century Americanized global culture. This has meant that Australia has struggled to attain its own identity. Mosler explores that struggle for national independence, a struggle that seems to be doomed to failure. According to Mosler, the reasons for this failure lie in Australia's propensity to remain a recreational culture; a culture more attuned to pleasure and dependence than regimented hard work and the concomitant collective pattern of national assertiveness. The Australian economy, defense arrangements, culture, and psychology have been dominated by other nations and transnational forces. The prospects for the nation in the future appear to be somewhat grim unless this historical pattern of dependence and lack of respect, indeed almost contempt, for national institutions is reversed. A provocative analysis that will be of interest to scholars, students, researchers, and anyone interested in Australian history and contemporary life and culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Australia, the recreational society
• ISBN: 9798400615818; 9780313010736; 0313010730
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974524703321
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