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 45
... Chifley and Dedman persuaded the party ( possibly they even persuaded themselves ) that membership of the World Bank and the IMF would help to promote full employment . For similar reasons Australia joined the General Agreement on ...
... Chifley and Dedman persuaded the party ( possibly they even persuaded themselves ) that membership of the World Bank and the IMF would help to promote full employment . For similar reasons Australia joined the General Agreement on ...
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... Chifley government , worried by its failure to secure admin- istrative controls over prices and wages , wanted to impose delays and checks so as to damp down inflation and the risk of unemploy- ment . Union leadership , not wishing to ...
... Chifley government , worried by its failure to secure admin- istrative controls over prices and wages , wanted to impose delays and checks so as to damp down inflation and the risk of unemploy- ment . Union leadership , not wishing to ...
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... Chifley's honour , Heinz Arndt , one of those young European intellectuals who found refuge in the Australia of the 1940s , described Chifley's death as a great divide . He saw the heyday of Curtin and Chifley as a time when Labor was ...
... Chifley's honour , Heinz Arndt , one of those young European intellectuals who found refuge in the Australia of the 1940s , described Chifley's death as a great divide . He saw the heyday of Curtin and Chifley as a time when Labor was ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
Copyright | |
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