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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... liberal tradition . Friendship and intellectual company came through a group of similarly placed young people who in ... liberalism were dominant in Australian politics . The unchanging objective was ' to assert the sanctity of the human ...
... liberal tradition . Friendship and intellectual company came through a group of similarly placed young people who in ... liberalism were dominant in Australian politics . The unchanging objective was ' to assert the sanctity of the human ...
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... liberalism and advocated ' equal opportunities ' . ' Every man and every woman must be allowed to " unfold " as he or ... liberal or socialist , promised faster change , and impressive action , the most modern methods applied with the ...
... liberalism and advocated ' equal opportunities ' . ' Every man and every woman must be allowed to " unfold " as he or ... liberal or socialist , promised faster change , and impressive action , the most modern methods applied with the ...
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... liberal state socialists and labour socialists lay in their view of human nature , and therefore the means necessary to achieve the desired ends . Liberalism was optimistic and believed that reason ( or self - interest ) must prevail ...
... liberal state socialists and labour socialists lay in their view of human nature , and therefore the means necessary to achieve the desired ends . Liberalism was optimistic and believed that reason ( or self - interest ) must prevail ...
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