The Oxford History of Australia: 1860-1900, glad, confident morningLate 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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Both feminism and socialism rejected inequalities magnified by the industrial
organization of society. Both sought restructuring to make society more equal. But
socialists and feminists usually meant different things when they spoke of
equality.
Both feminism and socialism rejected inequalities magnified by the industrial
organization of society. Both sought restructuring to make society more equal. But
socialists and feminists usually meant different things when they spoke of
equality.
Page 138
Aboriginal society where it could be observed most clearly was demoralized or
corrupted by its unequal contact with European society. The pathos this produced
was the chief justification for pity and inaction. Where it resisted subversion, ...
Aboriginal society where it could be observed most clearly was demoralized or
corrupted by its unequal contact with European society. The pathos this produced
was the chief justification for pity and inaction. Where it resisted subversion, ...
Page 140
The sexual division of Aboriginal society was observed as effectively as in
contemporary British or white Australian society, though it might seem that roles
were reversed. Aboriginal women were mainly responsible for the material
survival of ...
The sexual division of Aboriginal society was observed as effectively as in
contemporary British or white Australian society, though it might seem that roles
were reversed. Aboriginal women were mainly responsible for the material
survival of ...
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1860-1900, glad, confident morning Volume 3 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton, ISBN 0195546121, 9780195546125 |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editors | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton, Beverley Kingston |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2017 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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