The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3Geoffrey Bolton Late 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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... nineteenth century . We can be certain , however , that it was larger than the official statistics show at mid - century . This fact has had in itself a distorting effect on all subsequent statistical calculations for the period , not ...
... nineteenth century . We can be certain , however , that it was larger than the official statistics show at mid - century . This fact has had in itself a distorting effect on all subsequent statistical calculations for the period , not ...
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... nineteenth century is that meanings have altered so much . Our understanding of class or status now inevitably includes theories which were in the course of development during this period . Nor did the theories necessarily have ...
... nineteenth century is that meanings have altered so much . Our understanding of class or status now inevitably includes theories which were in the course of development during this period . Nor did the theories necessarily have ...
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Geoffrey Bolton. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The late nineteenth century saw the beginning of mass educa- tion , mass literacy , and modern bureaucracy , so the volume of printed and written evidence which survives from this period is enormous ...
Geoffrey Bolton. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The late nineteenth century saw the beginning of mass educa- tion , mass literacy , and modern bureaucracy , so the volume of printed and written evidence which survives from this period is enormous ...
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