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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... wives and children in Australia could do the stooping and intense cultivation which had required Negro slaves on American cotton plantations , Australian families seemed un- enthusiastic about cotton growing . 26 In any case , the ...
... wives and children in Australia could do the stooping and intense cultivation which had required Negro slaves on American cotton plantations , Australian families seemed un- enthusiastic about cotton growing . 26 In any case , the ...
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... wives to be virginal , innocent , and teachable . But for women , despite the belief that theirs was a sellers ' market , the age gap made for inequality , reinforcing the socially sanctioned authority of the husband with age and ...
... wives to be virginal , innocent , and teachable . But for women , despite the belief that theirs was a sellers ' market , the age gap made for inequality , reinforcing the socially sanctioned authority of the husband with age and ...
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... wives to husbands , daughters to their fathers , maidservants to their masters . The serving class was almost entirely female . Deference therefore was subsumed into the traditional duties and responsibilities of women towards men ...
... wives to husbands , daughters to their fathers , maidservants to their masters . The serving class was almost entirely female . Deference therefore was subsumed into the traditional duties and responsibilities of women towards men ...
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