The Oxford History of Australia: Volume 3: 1860-1900 Glad, Confident MorningLate 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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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: Volume 3: 1860-1900 Glad, Confident Morning Volume 3 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editors | Beverley Kingston, Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Contributors | Beverley Kingston, Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 384 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Australia & New Zealand History / General History / United States / General Political Science / International Relations / General Science / Life Sciences / Botany |
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