Title Reinventing Australia : the mind and mood of Australia in the 90s / Hugh Mackay

Published [Pymble, N.S.W.] : Angus & Robertson, [1993] Pymble, N.S.W : Angus & Robertson, 1993 ©1993 [©1993]

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Description ix, 309 pages ; 20 cm Contents The big angst -- The age of redefinition -- A kind of adolescence -- Mastering the nineties -- What are we waiting for? -- Appendix. The Mackay report Summary Monumental changes in the Australian way of life are making the present into one of the most challenging periods in our history. Such issues as the "new woman", a record divorce rate, multiculturalism, the highest level of unemployment in sixty years, the onrush of technology, the rise of the swinging voter, a rapidly shrinking middle class all contribute. Because we are all living through an Age of redefinition, many of us are from anxiety, stress and insecurity that are the inevitable consequences of having to adjust to such radical social, cultural and economical upheaval. How will we cope From the author of more than ten books, including tHE GOOD LIFE, WHAt MAKES US tICK and ADVANCE AUStRALIA ... WHEREMonumental changes in the Australian way of life are making the present into one of the most challenging periods in our history. Such issues as the "new woman", a record divorce rate, multiculturalism, the highest level of unemployment in sixty years, the onrush of technology, the rise of the swinging voter, a rapidly shrinking middle class all contribute. Because we are all living through an Age of redefinition, many of us are from anxiety, stress and insecurity that are the inevitable consequences of having to adjust to such radical social, cultural and economical upheaval. How will we cope? From the author of more than ten books, including tHE GOOD LIFE, WHAt MAKES US tICK and ADVANCE AUStRALIA ... WHERE? Analysis Attitudes National characteristics Social change Social conditions Social values Notes Includes index Subject National characteristics, Australian. SUBJECT Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 1990- Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 1990-2001 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Australia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 1990- Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 1990-2001 Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Australia -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 Author Mackay, Hugh, 1938- LC no. 35007684 ISBN 9780207183140 (paperback)

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