02745cam a2200421 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025010001600066019001300082020002100095020002100116020001500137020001500152020003100167035001700198035001200215035001200227040002400239043001200263050002100275082001200296082001200308082001200320082001200332100002600344245005300370250001200423260003200435300004100467440002500508500002000533504003000553520067300583520099101256651002402247651002902271984002302300293660520110701150840.0960612s1996 nyuac b 001 0 eng  a 960286521 a12490245 a0582276063 (CSD) a0582276055 (PPR) a0582276055 a0582276063 a0582276055 (PPR) :c$40.55 9000012490245 92440712 a2936605 aTOCbengcTOCdXNTU au-at---00aDU107b.R48 199600a99422004a99422000a99422104a9942211 aRickard, John,d1935-10aAustralia :ba cultural history /cJohn Rickard. a2nd ed. aNew York :bLongman:c1996. axiv, 317 p. :bill., ports ;c24 cm. 0aPresent and the past aIncludes index. aBibliography: p. 286-304. aIt begins with the centuries of Aboriginal habitation before the coming of the Europeans, and takes us through to the present. However, unusually, it is strongly weighted towards the twentieth century. The diverse origins of the emergent colonial society are vividly described, from the military and penal settlements to the lonely sheepfarms and the vibrant squalor of the gold workings; but today's Australia is largely a society of cities and suburbs, and it is this modern reality which is John Rickard's prime concern. In his hands it proves as rich, and deserving, a subject for historical and cultural investigation as the popular mythology of Bush and Outback. aHe explores the way a distinctive national culture was built up in the period between federation in 1901 and the outbreak of the Second World War, and how that culture has been modified and challenged in the postwar era. He charts the evolution of Australia's social and political institutions against the changing imperial relationship; he examines the contribution of writers, artists and intellectuals to the country's growing sense of cultural identity; he analyzes the modern Australian home and family, and the values they embody; and he explores Australian attitudes to sexuality and emotional intimacy in their historical setting. For this welcome Second Edition, John Rickard has contributed a new chapter on the contemporary scene, which surveys the dramatic cultural shifts in Australian society as it approaches the centenary of federation in the year 2001. The entire book has been reset and redesigned in a larger, more handsome format, and has numerous new illustrations. 0aAustraliaxHistory. 0aAustraliaxCivilization. aANLcNL 994 R539-2