The Oxford History of Australia: 1860-1900, Glad, Confident morningLate nineteenth-century Australia claimed one of the world's highest standards of living and was seen as one of the most successful examples of the transplantation of British culture. Yet beneath the surface prosperity, there lay a great deal of uncertainty and conflict, including clashes among churches, the crash of the 1890s, pressure for federation, and the challenging of traditional views of education, women's roles, and the family. This volume takes a skeptical look at many of the common perceptions of Australia in the Victorian era, concentrating on human values rather than on the rhetoric of national achievement. |
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Throughout the period, manufacturing for the building and construction industries
maintained its position as the largest area of activity, though growth in metals and
engineering was more dramatic. Processing of food, drink, and tobacco grew ...
Throughout the period, manufacturing for the building and construction industries
maintained its position as the largest area of activity, though growth in metals and
engineering was more dramatic. Processing of food, drink, and tobacco grew ...
Page 77
A distinction emerged between sexual activity which was basically a male
preserve and a private matter (women who initiated sexual activity were “bad”,
prostitutes), and reproduction, which was of legitimate interest to women, but also
a ...
A distinction emerged between sexual activity which was basically a male
preserve and a private matter (women who initiated sexual activity were “bad”,
prostitutes), and reproduction, which was of legitimate interest to women, but also
a ...
Page 228
Musical societies followed settlement along the coast of Queensland almost as
quickly as printing presses. There the eisteddfod movement soon gained
enthusiastic followers. Music was undoubtedly inexpensive fun and fine sociable
activity.
Musical societies followed settlement along the coast of Queensland almost as
quickly as printing presses. There the eisteddfod movement soon gained
enthusiastic followers. Music was undoubtedly inexpensive fun and fine sociable
activity.
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1860-1900, Glad, Confident morning Volume 3 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editors | Geoffrey Bolton, Beverley Kingston |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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