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 175
One is the way in which ordinary people , given time and means , adapted the
classical forms of British and European culture for their own purposes . The other
is the gradual acceptance of environment and ordinary experience as legitimate
...
One is the way in which ordinary people , given time and means , adapted the
classical forms of British and European culture for their own purposes . The other
is the gradual acceptance of environment and ordinary experience as legitimate
...
Page 176
But the conjunction between means , needs , and taste was most clearly
expressed in the modest homes of ordinary ... than the quality of accommodation
it provided.2 Houses were often constructed of poor or flimsy materials , quite
mean in ...
But the conjunction between means , needs , and taste was most clearly
expressed in the modest homes of ordinary ... than the quality of accommodation
it provided.2 Houses were often constructed of poor or flimsy materials , quite
mean in ...
Page 282
So what they said might mean anything . It was often meant to mean as much as
possible . The fact that it was possible to condemn legislation as emanating from
one class or designed to benefit only one class suggests that listeners were also
...
So what they said might mean anything . It was often meant to mean as much as
possible . The fact that it was possible to condemn legislation as emanating from
one class or designed to benefit only one class suggests that listeners were also
...
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3 The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editor | Geoffrey Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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