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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... took a narrower view of its mandate by concentrating on the conversion of munitions factories to peacetime uses and ignoring long - term goals . Aus- tralia therefore remained committed by default to the protection of industries geared ...
... took a narrower view of its mandate by concentrating on the conversion of munitions factories to peacetime uses and ignoring long - term goals . Aus- tralia therefore remained committed by default to the protection of industries geared ...
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... took advice from a recently arrived Englishman , Professor Ernest Titterton , who had made his reputation as a physicist serving the Anglo - American atomic tests and brooked no doubt about the safety and value of nuclear energy . Thus ...
... took advice from a recently arrived Englishman , Professor Ernest Titterton , who had made his reputation as a physicist serving the Anglo - American atomic tests and brooked no doubt about the safety and value of nuclear energy . Thus ...
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... took the form of a directive for preference to Australian - owned firms in government purchas- ing and the freezing of some overseas take - over bids . On the other hand , local inefficiency was not to be pampered , and the Tariff Board ...
... took the form of a directive for preference to Australian - owned firms in government purchas- ing and the freezing of some overseas take - over bids . On the other hand , local inefficiency was not to be pampered , and the Tariff Board ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
Copyright | |
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