| Governing Prosperity Contributor(s): Brown, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521477328 ISBN-13: 9780521477321 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $40.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Australia & New Zealand - General |
| Dewey: 306.099 |
| LCCN: 95011581 |
| Series: Studies in Australian History |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |