The Forgotten Fifties
Aspects of Australian Society and Culture in the 1950s
$74.34
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
9 November 1993
Summary
Some of Australia’s leading historians present new perspectives on social and cultural life in the 1950s.
The 1950s is usually treated in the popular media as a metaphor for an Australia that was complacent, monocultural, banal and domesticated. On the other hand, historical writing about the decade has long been dominated by accounts of political and foreign policy conflict, the Labor Split, the Cold War and the seemingly endless long summer of Robert Menzies.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522848151 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 052284815X |
| Author: | John Murphy, Judith Smart |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 9 November 1993 |
| Weight: | 404g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 171mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Australian Historical Studies |
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About The Author
John Murphy
Geoffrey Serle was one of Australia’s most distinguished historians. He was Victorian Rhodes Scholar in 1947 and completed his doctorate at Oxford in 1950. He was general editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography between 1975 and 1988. He is also a well-known author and his work has won several prestigious awards including the Ernest Scott prize, the National Book Council Banjo award and the Age Book of the Year. His published books include: The Melbourne Scene 1803-1956, The Golden Age, The Rush to be Rich, From Deserts the Prophets Come, John Monash: A Biography, Sir John Medley, For Australia and Labor: Prime Minister John Curtin. Geoffrey Serle died in 1998.
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