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 61
... sexual behaviour , the sexual instinct , it seemed , had become too civilized . Life on the frontiers of settlement contained , even glorified the urge to violence . While there were still rewards to be had , the work ethic soaked up ...
... sexual behaviour , the sexual instinct , it seemed , had become too civilized . Life on the frontiers of settlement contained , even glorified the urge to violence . While there were still rewards to be had , the work ethic soaked up ...
Page 78
... Sexual Morality and Modern Nervous Illness ' ( 1908 ) , Sigmund Freud might have been describing these women . Their upbringing forbids their concerning themselves intellectually with sexual problems though they nevertheless feel ...
... Sexual Morality and Modern Nervous Illness ' ( 1908 ) , Sigmund Freud might have been describing these women . Their upbringing forbids their concerning themselves intellectually with sexual problems though they nevertheless feel ...
Page 144
... sexual repression had not yet fallen upon the world . Advanced thought , especially among the women of the 1880s and 1890s , looked forward to a world in which technology would overcome the still dangerous and often unwelcome business ...
... sexual repression had not yet fallen upon the world . Advanced thought , especially among the women of the 1880s and 1890s , looked forward to a world in which technology would overcome the still dangerous and often unwelcome business ...
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