The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 5The postwar period has seen radical changes in Australia. Increased dependence on the United States, an influx of European and Asian immigrants, and a series of economic booms and recessions have confronted Australians with the challenge of surviving as an offshoot of European civilization in a largely Asian region and securing a prosperous future with declining support from European markets and investment. This final volume in the Oxford History of Australia details this volatile period, showing that while some Australians have resisted the pressures for change, most have adapted resourcefully and intelligently to the task of creating a new nation able to survive into the 21st century. |
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undermine and destroy the democratic institutions of this country'.30 In 1947
Chifley and Dedman persuaded the party ( possibly they even persuaded
themselves ) that membership of the World Bank and the IMF would help to
promote full ...
undermine and destroy the democratic institutions of this country'.30 In 1947
Chifley and Dedman persuaded the party ( possibly they even persuaded
themselves ) that membership of the World Bank and the IMF would help to
promote full ...
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The unions saw improved wages and hours as the pay off for restraint during the
war ; the Chifley government , worried by its failure to secure administrative
controls over prices and wages , wanted to impose delays and checks so as to
damp ...
The unions saw improved wages and hours as the pay off for restraint during the
war ; the Chifley government , worried by its failure to secure administrative
controls over prices and wages , wanted to impose delays and checks so as to
damp ...
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Chifley , who was not a dancing man , retired to the Hotel Kurrajong to work on
some papers . ... Five years later , at a memorial lecture in Chifley's honour ,
Heinz Arndt , one of those young European intellectuals who found refuge in the
...
Chifley , who was not a dancing man , retired to the Hotel Kurrajong to work on
some papers . ... Five years later , at a memorial lecture in Chifley's honour ,
Heinz Arndt , one of those young European intellectuals who found refuge in the
...
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Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 1951 1965 | 87 |
The Search for New Directions 19661975 | 163 |
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