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Governing Prosperity
Nicholas Brown
其他書名
Social Change and Social Analysis in Australia in the 1950s
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 1995-01-01
主題
History / Australia & New Zealand
History / Modern / 20th Century
ISBN
0521477328
9780521477321
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=sIllQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The 1950s' undeniable prosperity has become synonymous with conservatism, and inertia seen as its hallmark. This book offers a fresh and challenging interpretation of the 1950s in Australia. Nicholas Brown presents the decade as a time of great change, brought about by affluence. Society became increasingly complex, mass consumption reached new heights and Australia's role in the world and the region was re-cast. The book looks at the ways in which those overseeing society responded to these post-war changes; in short, how they governed prosperity. A history of ideas as well as cultural, intellectual and institutional history, Governing Prosperity is a major reassessment of the 1950s. It will be particularly important for its analysis of the significance of the decade in the development of Australian society.