Governing Prosperity

Social Change and Social Analysis in Australia in the 1950s
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-0-521-47160-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 311 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 667 g

Reihe: Studies in Australian History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Australische und Pazifische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. A part of Asia; 2. 'A test of our quality as a nation'; 3. The milk bar economy; 4. Decentralisation and the organisation of life; 5. Concepts of self and society; 6. 'A community with a climate of its own'; Notes; Index.