Australia's boldest experiment : war and reconstruction in the 1940s / Stuart Macintyre.
Australia's boldest experiment : war and reconstruction in the 1940s / Stuart Macintyre.
Australia's boldest experiment : war and reconstruction in the 1940s / Stuart Macintyre.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2015.
Call Numbers
G 2015/2283 , H 2015/1994 , G 2015/2509
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 596 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2015.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2015.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
A major new account of the 1940s in Australia. In this landmark book, Stuart Macintyre explains how a country traumatised by World War I, hammered by the Depression and overstretched by World War II became a prosperous, successful and growing society by the 1950s. An extraordinary group of individuals, notably John Curtin, Ben Chifley, Nugget Coomb...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Australia's boldest experiment : war and reconstruction in the 1940s / Stuart Macintyre.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 478-580) and index.
Mitchell Library copy at H 2015/1994 ; Submission for Premier's History Award 2016.
Mitchell Library copy held at H 2015/1994:Submission for Premier's Literary Award 2016.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2015.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2015/2283 , H 2015/1994 , G 2015/2509
Record Identifier
74VK7VZ6Lwzy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7VZ6Lwzy
Other Identifiers
ISBN
1742231128
9781742231129
DDC
994.05
MMS ID
991022814819702626
