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Australia, the recreational society
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| العنوان |
Australia, the recreational society / David Mosler. |
|---|---|
| الطبعة |
1st ed. |
| الناشر |
Westport, Conn. : Praeger |
| تاريخ الإصدار |
2002 |
| ملاحظات |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-177) and index. English |
| رقم الرف |
Cover -- AUSTRALIA, THE RECREATIONAL SOCIETY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 THE HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF THE RECREATIONAL SOCIETY -- WHAT IS NATIONAL CHARACTER? -- WHAT IS A RECREATIONAL SOCIETY? -- WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM? -- THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHARACTER DEBATE -- AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY IN LITERATURE, ART, AND MUSIC -- HISTORICAL ETIOLOGY: THE BRITISH AND EUROPEAN CONTEXT -- NOTES -- 2 THE BIRTH OF A NATION -- THE ANGLO-SAXONS -- FROM CONVICT SETTLEMENT TO NATION1 -- THE NEW NATION -- FROM INDEPENDENCE TO WORLD WAR II -- WORLD WAR II TO THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION -- A FINAL NOTE ON THE BUSH LEGEND AND "RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM" -- NOTES -- 3 THE ECONOMY -- THE ECONOMY THAT ALWAYS BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE -- THE COLONIAL ECONOMY -- FROM FEDERATION TO THE PACIFIC WAR -- THE AMERICANIZATION OF POST-WORLD WAR II AUSTRALIA -- MISCELLANEOUS (RECREATIONAL) TRAITS IN THE AUSTRALIAN COSMOLOGY OF WORK -- Time -- The World of Work -- WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS OR "DID YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND?" -- Holiday Leave Loading -- Time Off -- The Dole and Welfare -- THE AUSTRALIAN MANAGER IN A RECREATIONAL SOCIETY -- THE RAILROADS -- THE SYDNEY AIRPORT SAGA -- THE ABC -- RECREATION AND PUBLIC POLICY -- PHILANTHROPY -- TOURISM -- The Weather or "Have a Nice Day" -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 4 THE STATE -- WHAT DO AUSTRALIANS THINK OF THEIR POLITICAL STRUCTURES? -- THE COLONIAL STATE -- THE STATE AS IT EMERGED FROM FEDERATION TO 1945 -- AUSTRALIA FROM THE COLD WAR TO THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION -- THE AUSTRALIAN STATES -- DEFENSE OF THE REALM FROM FEDERATION TO THE PRESENT -- THE TIMOR CRISIS: 1999-2000 -- THE NATIONHOOD OF AUSTRALIA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- The Flag -- Australia Day -- "Pollies" in the New Century -- Pride in the Nation State of Australia in the New Century -- The Centenary of Federation -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 5 THE CULTURE. RECREATION AND GLOBAL CULTURE: THE MATERIAL THINGS OF LIFE -- AUSTRALIAN CULTURE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- The Australian Family -- Entertainment -- Diet and Eating -- Beer and Wine -- Nonsense Activities -- Dressing Up and Painting Faces -- Birthdays -- Parties, Pics, and "A Good Night" -- Sport -- The Numbers -- The Cultural and Historical Context -- A Brief Historical Overview of Sport and Recreation -- Sport in the Modern Era -- Beach, Surf and Sand -- Entertainment Combined with Sport: The "Fun Run" and Car Rally -- Adelaide and Melbourne and the Formula One Grand Prix Saga -- Gambling -- Pokies -- Horseracing -- Cricket -- The Great World Series Cricket Revolution -- Sport and Death -- Youth and Recreation -- The 2000 Olympic Games -- The Arts: The Less Material Side of Life (Spiritual?) -- Film -- "Hey, Hey It's Saturday" -- The "Spiritual": Religion, Ideas, and Beliefs -- A SPECIAL NOTE ON THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS -- PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE OF AUSTRALIAN CULTURE -- NOTES -- 6 THE EDUCATION SYSTEM -- EDUCATION IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE -- THE EDUCATION OF A COLONIAL SOCIETY -- EDUCATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TO WORLD WAR II -- EDUCATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SINCE WORLD WAR II -- A NATION WITHOUT HISTORY -- PUBLIC POLICY ON EDUCATION: "STRATEGIES" IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY FOR A NATION WITHOUT HISTORY AND A SENSE OF NATIONAL DESTINY -- A SPECIAL NOTE ON EXCURSIONS AND CAMPS -- SPORT, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING -- THE "CLEVER COUNTRY" -- The Education of Teachers for the "Clever Country" -- THE UNIVERSITIES -- "Quality Control" -- Students -- NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS -- THE MIGRATING ELITES -- THE FUTURE OF AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION -- NOTES -- 7 CONCLUSION AND THE FUTURE: AUSTRALIA-THE FIFTY-FIRST STATE OF AMERICA? -- THE REPUBLIC DEBATE -- THE DEFEAT OF THE REPUBLIC REFERENDUM -- Does It Matter? -- What If Nothing Is Done?. AUSTRALIA IN 2050: POPULATE OR PERISH -- IS, THEN, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, AUSTRALIA A NATION? -- NOTES -- EPILOGUE: AUSTRALIA IN 2050 -- POSTSCRIPT -- NOTES -- APPENDIX A: AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTERS FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT -- A SHORT NOTE ON AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL PARTIES -- APPENDIX B: THE CENTENARY OF FEDERATION "TEN-POINT PLAN" FOR AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SURVIVAL -- GLOSSARY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- About the Author. |
| الشكل |
1 online resource (vi, 193 pages) |
| اللغة |
الانكليزية |
| رقم النظام |
997010703967105171 |
MARC RECORDS
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