Australia 1901-2001 : a narrative history / Andrew Tink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tink, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social history.

Ethnology--Australia.

Ethnology.

Australia--History.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (458 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : Newsouth, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Andrew Tink's superb book tells the story of Australia in the twentieth century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. A century marked by the trauma of war and the despair of the depression, balanced by extraordinary achievements in sport, science and the arts. A country underpinned by a political system that worked most of the time and the emergence of a mainly harmonious society. Australians at the start of the century could hardly have imagined the prosperity enjoyed by their diverse countrymen and women one hundred years later.Tink's story is driven by people, whether they be prime

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 Hopetoun's blunder; 2 The Australian crawl; 3 Sweat and chaff; 4 Dogs' livers; 5 My God! If only I had known; 6 Bloody stalemate; 7 Backs to the wall; Picture section; 8 Fini retreat -beaucoup Australiens ici; 9 A land fit for heroes?; 10 The diggers take over; 11 Men, money and markets; 12 Crash; 13 To the brink; 14 Depths of Depression; 15 From Depression to appeasement; 16 Australia is also at war; 17 The sons of the First AIF; 18 1942 - Australia's darkest year; 19 To victory; 20 Postwar blues; 21 Australia's Cold War; 22 The Queen and the Petrovs

23 From ice chests to Frigidaires24 Indonesia looms large; 25 36 faceless men; 26 Confrontation with Indonesia; 27 All the way with LBJ; 28 Live from the Moon; 29 It's time; 30 Prima donna assoluta; 31 We've been sacked; 32 An ethical obligation; 33 Defining Australia; 34 Murray-Darling salt lick; 35 Hundreds and thousands; 36 O'Sullivan's WiFirevolution; 37 Mabo; 38 A bloody big rock; 39 We're safe now, pumpkin; 40 Weapons off!; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 5, 2014).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-74224-712-1

1-74224-187-5

OCLC:

884452251