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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... moral . . . We see moral depravity and corrup- tion flourishing in Paris and London amidst the brightest glare of modern intellect . '30 He went on to argue that there was no difference between the intellectual condition of ' savage ...
... moral . . . We see moral depravity and corrup- tion flourishing in Paris and London amidst the brightest glare of modern intellect . '30 He went on to argue that there was no difference between the intellectual condition of ' savage ...
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... morality . Though this period saw a subtle shift towards a secular / legal moral code , unconscious habits of mind were steeped in generations of Christian teaching . The search for a secular morality grew out of the primarily ...
... morality . Though this period saw a subtle shift towards a secular / legal moral code , unconscious habits of mind were steeped in generations of Christian teaching . The search for a secular morality grew out of the primarily ...
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... morality . Most outspoken radicals were deeply moral . Their criticism of religion was of its hypocrisy , of the failure of those who accepted it to live up to its teachings , of the comfort and power of its position while it preached ...
... morality . Most outspoken radicals were deeply moral . Their criticism of religion was of its hypocrisy , of the failure of those who accepted it to live up to its teachings , of the comfort and power of its position while it preached ...
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