| Description |
xvi, 236 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, 1096-2905 |
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Greenwood histories of the modern nations.
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| Contents |
Series Foreword / Frank W. Thackeray, John E. Findling -- Timeline of Historical Events -- The Nuts and Bolts of Modern Australia -- Aboriginal Australia (c. 65,000 B.C.E.-C.E. Eighteenth Century) -- European Arrivals and Colonization (Seventeenth Century-1830) -- Riding on the Sheep's Back (1831-1855) -- Gold and the Long Boom (1856-1890) -- The Bubble Bursts and the Road to Federation (1891-1900) -- Advance Australia Fair (1901-1919) -- A Land Fit for Heroes and the Great Bust (1920-1939) -- War, Reconstruction, and the Cold War (1940-1966) -- Vietnam, People Power, and the Conservative Resurgence (1967-1983) -- Deconstruction and Multiculturalism (1984-1996) -- Mutual Obligation and the Conservative Revival (1997-2001) -- Advance Australia Where? (2001 and Beyond) -- Notable People in the History of Australia. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-227) and index. |
| Subject |
Australia -- History.
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| ISBN |
0313314985 alkaline paper |
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