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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Page 90
... Britain , but barely half the performance of Japan or the German Federal Republic ( both recovering from wartime loss with American aid ) . Britain remained Australia's major trading partner and largest source of investment , providing ...
... Britain , but barely half the performance of Japan or the German Federal Republic ( both recovering from wartime loss with American aid ) . Britain remained Australia's major trading partner and largest source of investment , providing ...
Page 91
... Britain's share of Australia's exports reached a post - war peak of 41.3 per cent in 1952-53 but then fell steadily . The shape of the future was sketched in 1961-62 when Britain sought unsuccessfully to enter the European Economic Com ...
... Britain's share of Australia's exports reached a post - war peak of 41.3 per cent in 1952-53 but then fell steadily . The shape of the future was sketched in 1961-62 when Britain sought unsuccessfully to enter the European Economic Com ...
Page 98
... Britain sought to join the EEC , a move favoured by the United States as strengthening anti - communism but mistrusted by Australian and New Zealand exporters . McEwen was able to secure Australian exemption from the Kennedy Round but ...
... Britain sought to join the EEC , a move favoured by the United States as strengthening anti - communism but mistrusted by Australian and New Zealand exporters . McEwen was able to secure Australian exemption from the Kennedy Round but ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
Copyright | |
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