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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... period disappointing , provincial , imitative . Never- theless , the institutional foundations to channel culture re- morselessly into ' high ' forms had been well and truly laid . 192 Nor can there be much doubt that it was a creative ...
... period disappointing , provincial , imitative . Never- theless , the institutional foundations to channel culture re- morselessly into ' high ' forms had been well and truly laid . 192 Nor can there be much doubt that it was a creative ...
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... period , the Sudan campaign , the Boer War , the Boxer Rebellion . Yet the myth persisted that we were a peaceful people who had never been guilty of offensive ac- tion , who needed the baptism of blood . It would perhaps be more honest ...
... period , the Sudan campaign , the Boer War , the Boxer Rebellion . Yet the myth persisted that we were a peaceful people who had never been guilty of offensive ac- tion , who needed the baptism of blood . It would perhaps be more honest ...
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... period has ever been of progress , energetic development , social reform , cultural achievement , and growing national pride . In comparison with the period that went before , this was a time of social stability , of steady growth , of ...
... period has ever been of progress , energetic development , social reform , cultural achievement , and growing national pride . In comparison with the period that went before , this was a time of social stability , of steady growth , of ...
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