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Australia's Boldest Experiment

War and Reconstruction in the 1940s
By Stuart Macintyre
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Australia's Boldest Experiment by Stuart Macintyre explores the transformative years of post-war Australia, focusing on the sweeping social and political changes that shaped the nation. It delves into the ambitious projects and policies implemented to rebuild and modernise the country, highlighting the spirit of innovation and adaptation that marked this era. The book provides an insightful look into the challenges and achievements of a defining period in Australia's history.
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This book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by Australia's socio-political landscape during a transformational period marked by radical economic and social reforms. It delves into government efforts to reshape the nation during turbulent times, offering insights into historical events that have shaped modern Australia.

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This book shows the 1940s to be a pivotal decade in Australia. At the height of his powers, Macintyre reminds us that key components of the society we take for granted work, welfare, health, education, immigration, housing are not the result of military endeavour but policy, planning, politics and popular resolve.

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In this landmark book, Australia’s Boldest Experiment, 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 Coombs, John Dedman, and Robert Menzies, re-made the country, planning its reconstruction against a background of wartime sacrifice and austerity. The other part of this triumphant story shows Australia on the world stage, seeking to fashion a new world order that would bring peace and prosperity.

This book shows the 1940s to be a pivotal decade in Australia. At the height of his powers, Macintyre reminds us that key components of the society we take for granted—work, welfare, health, education, immigration, housing—are not the result of military endeavour but policy, planning, politics, and popular resolve.

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Australia's Boldest Experiment by Stuart Macintyre is praised for its detailed and insightful examination of Australia's interwar period, focusing on the policy decisions and social changes during that time. Reviewers commend the book's thorough research and engaging narrative, which captures the challenges and ambitions of the era. Macintyre's work is noted for its accessibility to both academic and general readers, making it a valuable resource for understanding this significant chapter in Australia's history.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742231129

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2015

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Illustration: 24 illustrations

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 45.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 785g

Pages: 592

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Australian & Pacific History Education & Reference Finance & Economics Finance & Investment History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Stuart Macintyre

About the Author

Stuart Forbes Macintyre AO is an Australian historian, academic and public intellectual and a former Ernest Scott Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has been voted one of Australia’smost influential public intellectuals. He is author of the bestselling Concise History of Australia, which has gone into a number of editions and is co-editor, with Alison Bashford, of the two-volume Cambridge History of Australia. His book The Reds, won The Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award in 1998 and The History Wars, co-written with Anna Clark, won the 2004 Premier of New South Wales’ Australian History Prize.

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