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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Geoffrey Bolton. 6 THE POLITICS OF AFFLUENCE THE MENZIES GOVERNMENT of 1949–66 was characterized by great stability . Apart from Menzies himself , whose second prime- ministership lasted sixteen years , and McEwen , who held the trade ...
Geoffrey Bolton. 6 THE POLITICS OF AFFLUENCE THE MENZIES GOVERNMENT of 1949–66 was characterized by great stability . Apart from Menzies himself , whose second prime- ministership lasted sixteen years , and McEwen , who held the trade ...
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... government and the Liberal - Country Party coalition would have been stimulated to useful re - thinking . As it was , Menzies and his colleagues could be seen as a fixture against which their opponents battled in vain . There was little ...
... government and the Liberal - Country Party coalition would have been stimulated to useful re - thinking . As it was , Menzies and his colleagues could be seen as a fixture against which their opponents battled in vain . There was little ...
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... government's shares in the Commonwealth Oil Refineries in 1952 the Menzies government did not unscramble the work of its predecessors by privatization of state assets . In 1951 and again in 1957 legislation was passed maintaining TAA as ...
... government's shares in the Commonwealth Oil Refineries in 1952 the Menzies government did not unscramble the work of its predecessors by privatization of state assets . In 1951 and again in 1957 legislation was passed maintaining TAA as ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 19511965 | 87 |
The Search for New Directions 19661975 | 163 |
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