Australia towards 2000
Published on 1. August 1990
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-333-49049-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book sets out to explore contemporary life in Australia, looking also at the future of the continent, and covering topics ranging from its history, culture, religion, values and ecological perspectives to its economy and politics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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figures, tables, notes
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-49049-5 (9780333490495)
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Content
Australia towards 2000, Brian Hocking; Part I Images and identity: Lemontey's prophecy, Bernard Smith; the manufacture of Australian culture, Jim Davidson; uses of the past in Australia, David Lowenthal; images from the outside, Linda Christmas. Part 2 Pasts, presents, futures: writing contemporary history in Australia, Ross Fitzgerald; nation and narrative - the problem of general history, James Walter. Part 3 Whose Australia? Australian Aborigines - a question of identity, Natascha McNamara; multiculturalism is for everyone - "Australians" and "ethnics" others, Sneja Gunew; working class women's writing in Australia - on the margins of every margin?, Susan Hawthorne; upwards, downwards or just round and round - multicultural public policy in Australia, James Jupp. Part 4 Values: the erosion of free expression in Australia, John Pilger; "Mr Neal is entitled to be an agitator", Jenny Hocking; witchhunting in the secular society - Christianity's Australian future, Stuart Piggin. Part 5 Ecological perspectives: towards an ecologically sustainable society - Australia's opportunity, Stephen Boyden; spoiling for a fight or fighting over the spoils? resource and environmental politics and policies in Australia towards 2000, Aynsley Kellow; conservation in Australia, Lorraine Thorne. Part 6 The Economy: poor nation of the Pacific? Australia's future reassessed, John Nevile; the future of Australian agriculture, George Reeves; the information society - an Australian perspective, Don Lamberton. Part 7 Politics: the "Canberra Model" revisited, David Butler; Australian politics - future patterns, Graeme Duncan; TV's impact on the office of prime minister, Colin Seymour-Ure