The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3Late 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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Page 78
... Experience was crucial . None of the literature made much sense without it . As menstruation was also regarded as an unmentionable female illness , the whole business of reproduction seemed distasteful anyway . Unmarried women did not ...
... Experience was crucial . None of the literature made much sense without it . As menstruation was also regarded as an unmentionable female illness , the whole business of reproduction seemed distasteful anyway . Unmarried women did not ...
Page 143
... experience was seen as a source of ' old wives tales ' in contrast to the scientific child - rearing promoted towards the end of the century . In smaller , more modern families , however , this cycle of experience and knowledge was ...
... experience was seen as a source of ' old wives tales ' in contrast to the scientific child - rearing promoted towards the end of the century . In smaller , more modern families , however , this cycle of experience and knowledge was ...
Page 175
... experience was likely to have pro- vided them with the embellishments and circumlocutions which appeared in male speech patterns . Indeed any preten- sions to self - improvement were quickly observed and ridi- culed . As guardians of ...
... experience was likely to have pro- vided them with the embellishments and circumlocutions which appeared in male speech patterns . Indeed any preten- sions to self - improvement were quickly observed and ridi- culed . As guardians of ...
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