Animal nation : the true story of animals and Australia / Adrian Franklin |
Autore | Franklin, Adrian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sydney : UNSW Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 262 p. ; 24 cm |
Disciplina | 578.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Human-animal relationships - Australia
Animal welfare - Australia Wildlife conservation - Social aspects - Australia National characteristics, Australian |
ISBN | 0868408905 |
Classificazione | QL85.F72 2006 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001864299707536 |
Franklin, Adrian | ||
Sydney : UNSW Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Anzac memories : living with the legend / / Alistair Thomson ; foreword by Jay Winter |
Autore | Thomson Alistair |
Edizione | [New edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clayton, Victoria : , : Monash University Publishing, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.3945
940.41294 |
Collana | Monash Classics |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula
World War, 1914-1918 - Australia - Historiography World War, 1914-1918 Soldiers - Australia Veterans - Australia National characteristics, Australian |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-925495-04-3
1-921867-59-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi; Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii; Note to readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv; Foreword: Memory and silence by Jay Winter. . . . . . . . . . . . . xv; Introduction to the new edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1; Introduction to the first edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4; Growing up with the Anzac legend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Oral history and Anzac memories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Percy Bird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17; Bill Langham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19; Fred Farrall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22; Part I Making a legend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29; 1 The diggers' war . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31; Gone for soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Wild colonial boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Sailors and non-combatants; End of innocence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42; Embattled manhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45; Digger culture and identity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50; 2 Charles Bean and the Anzacs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53; An English Australian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54; Baptisms of fire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Writing at the cutting edge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Bean's Anzac Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72; 3 Memories of war . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81; Percy Bird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81; Bill Langham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90; Fred Farrall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107; Part II The politics of Anzac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 4 The return of the soldiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Coming home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124; Rehabilitation and the Repat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125; The home front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127; A land fit for heroes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130; Hoodlums, revolutionaries and genuine diggers . . . . . . . . 134; 5 The battle for the Anzac legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Loyalists and disloyalists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910479871103321 |
Thomson Alistair | ||
Clayton, Victoria : , : Monash University Publishing, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anzac memories : living with the legend / / Alistair Thomson ; foreword by Jay Winter |
Autore | Thomson Alistair |
Edizione | [New edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clayton, Victoria : , : Monash University Publishing, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.3945
940.41294 |
Collana | Monash Classics |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula
World War, 1914-1918 - Australia - Historiography World War, 1914-1918 Soldiers - Australia Veterans - Australia National characteristics, Australian |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-925495-04-3
1-921867-59-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi; Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii; Note to readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv; Foreword: Memory and silence by Jay Winter. . . . . . . . . . . . . xv; Introduction to the new edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1; Introduction to the first edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4; Growing up with the Anzac legend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Oral history and Anzac memories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Percy Bird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17; Bill Langham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19; Fred Farrall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22; Part I Making a legend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29; 1 The diggers' war . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31; Gone for soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Wild colonial boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Sailors and non-combatants; End of innocence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42; Embattled manhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45; Digger culture and identity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50; 2 Charles Bean and the Anzacs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53; An English Australian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54; Baptisms of fire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Writing at the cutting edge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Bean's Anzac Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72; 3 Memories of war . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81; Percy Bird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81; Bill Langham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90; Fred Farrall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107; Part II The politics of Anzac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 4 The return of the soldiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Coming home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124; Rehabilitation and the Repat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125; The home front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127; A land fit for heroes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130; Hoodlums, revolutionaries and genuine diggers . . . . . . . . 134; 5 The battle for the Anzac legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Loyalists and disloyalists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910540806303321 |
Thomson Alistair | ||
Clayton, Victoria : , : Monash University Publishing, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Australia's most unbelievable true stories / / Jim Haynes |
Autore | Haynes Jim |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Crows Nest, NSW : , : Allen & Unwin, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
Disciplina | 994 |
Soggetto topico | National characteristics, Australian |
ISBN | 1-952535-70-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794735203321 |
Haynes Jim | ||
Crows Nest, NSW : , : Allen & Unwin, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Australia's most unbelievable true stories / / Jim Haynes |
Autore | Haynes Jim |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Crows Nest, NSW : , : Allen & Unwin, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
Disciplina | 994 |
Soggetto topico | National characteristics, Australian |
ISBN | 1-952535-70-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813014403321 |
Haynes Jim | ||
Crows Nest, NSW : , : Allen & Unwin, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Australia, the recreational society [[electronic resource] /] / David Mosler |
Autore | Mosler David <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
Disciplina | 994 |
Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, Australian
Nationalism - Australia Popular culture - Australia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-313-01073-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455999503321 |
Mosler David <1941-> | ||
Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Australia, the recreational society / / David Mosler |
Autore | Mosler David <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 193 pages) |
Disciplina | 994 |
Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, Australian
Nationalism - Australia Popular culture - Australia |
ISBN | 0-313-01073-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780256803321 |
Mosler David <1941-> | ||
Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Australia, the recreational society / / David Mosler |
Autore | Mosler David <1941-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 193 pages) |
Disciplina | 994 |
Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, Australian
Nationalism - Australia Popular culture - Australia |
ISBN |
979-84-00-61581-8
0-313-01073-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822982403321 |
Mosler David <1941-> | ||
Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Australians : insiders & outsiders on the national character since 1770 / / John Hirst |
Autore | Hirst John |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Black Inc., , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Soggetto topico | National characteristics, Australian |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-921870-17-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. WHO ARE THE AUSTRALIANS?; 2. INDEPENDENT SPIRIT; 3. MATESHIP; 4. DIGGERS; 5. LARRIKINS; 6. SUBURBAN NATION; 7. EMPTY AND FLAT; 8. PUT-DOWNS; 9. SPORT; 10. ANTHEMS OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL; 11. SURPRISES; 12. CONTRASTS; 13. FAIR GO; 14. HUMOUR; 15. NEWEST AUSTRALIANS; 16. GOING NATIVE; HIS COUNTRY - AFTER ALL; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SOURCES |
Altri titoli varianti | The Australians : insiders and outsiders on the national character since 1770 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464877803321 |
Hirst John | ||
Collingwood, Victoria : , : Black Inc., , [2010] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Australians : insiders & outsiders on the national character since 1770 / / John Hirst |
Autore | Hirst John (John Bradley), <1942-2016.> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Black Inc., , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Soggetto topico | National characteristics, Australian |
ISBN | 1-921870-17-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. WHO ARE THE AUSTRALIANS?; 2. INDEPENDENT SPIRIT; 3. MATESHIP; 4. DIGGERS; 5. LARRIKINS; 6. SUBURBAN NATION; 7. EMPTY AND FLAT; 8. PUT-DOWNS; 9. SPORT; 10. ANTHEMS OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL; 11. SURPRISES; 12. CONTRASTS; 13. FAIR GO; 14. HUMOUR; 15. NEWEST AUSTRALIANS; 16. GOING NATIVE; HIS COUNTRY - AFTER ALL; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SOURCES |
Altri titoli varianti | The Australians : insiders and outsiders on the national character since 1770 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789113803321 |
Hirst John (John Bradley), <1942-2016.> | ||
Collingwood, Victoria : , : Black Inc., , [2010] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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