Governing Prosperity
Social Change and Social Analysis in Australia in the 1950s
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:1st Jan '95
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This book offers a fresh and challenging interpretation of the 1950s in Australia, presenting it as a time of great change, brought about by affluence. The book examines how those overseeing society responded to these changes. This is a history of ideas as well as cultural, intellectual and institutional 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.
ISBN: 9780521477321
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
Weight: 460g
312 pages