1942-1988, the middle way
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1942-1988, the middle way
(The Oxford history of Australia / general editor, Geoffrey Bolton, v. 5)
Oxford University Press, 1990
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 320-321
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
World War II saw Australia cast adrift from dependence on Britain and moving towards alliance with the United States. Post-war migration changed the ethnic makeup of the Australian people from 98% British to a mixture of European and eventually Asian origins. During the economic boom of the 1950s and the 1960s and the more troubled times which followed, Australians confronted the challenge of surviving as an offshoot of European civilization in a largely Asian neighbourhood and of securing a prosperous future when Europe could no longer be depended on for markets and investment. This work shows how some Australians resisted the pressures for change, but how others adapted resourcefully and intelligently to the creation of a new nation able to survive into the 21st century.
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