The Oxford History of Australia: 1942-1988, the middle wayThe postwar period has seen radical changes in Australia. Increased dependence on the United States, an influx of European and Asian immigrants, and a series of economic booms and recessions have confronted Australians with the challenge of surviving as an offshoot of European civilization in a largely Asian region and securing a prosperous future with declining support from European markets and investment. This final volume in the Oxford History of Australia details this volatile period, showing that while some Australians have resisted the pressures for change, most have adapted resourcefully and intelligently to the task of creating a new nation able to survive into the 21st century. |
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6 THE POLITICS OF AFFLUENCE the menzies government of 1949-66 was
characterized by great stability. Apart from Menzies himself, whose second prime
- ministership lasted sixteen years, and McEwen, who held the trade and
commerce ...
6 THE POLITICS OF AFFLUENCE the menzies government of 1949-66 was
characterized by great stability. Apart from Menzies himself, whose second prime
- ministership lasted sixteen years, and McEwen, who held the trade and
commerce ...
Page 140
As it was, Menzies and his colleagues could be seen as a fixture against which
their opponents battled in vain. There was little about the performances of the
Liberal- Country Party government in the early 1950s to suggest that it would
secure ...
As it was, Menzies and his colleagues could be seen as a fixture against which
their opponents battled in vain. There was little about the performances of the
Liberal- Country Party government in the early 1950s to suggest that it would
secure ...
Page 161
Apart from selling the government's shares in the Commonwealth Oil Refineries
in 1952 the Menzies government did not unscramble the work of its predecessors
by privatization of state assets. In 1951 and again in 1957 legislation was ...
Apart from selling the government's shares in the Commonwealth Oil Refineries
in 1952 the Menzies government did not unscramble the work of its predecessors
by privatization of state assets. In 1951 and again in 1957 legislation was ...
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Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 19511965 | 87 |
The Search for New Directions 19661975 | 163 |
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1942-1988, the middle way Volume 5 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Editor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Contributor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 019554613X, 9780195546132 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › › Australia Australia History History / Australia & New Zealand History / General Science / Life Sciences / Botany |
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