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Title Prosper or perish / edited by Julianne Schultz
Published Brisbane, Qld., : Griffith University, 2010

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Description 259. : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Griffith review ; 29
Griffith review ; 29
Contents Introduction. Confusion with numbers: striving for balance in population growth / Julianne Schultz -- Essay. Garden cities of tomorrow: upside down, inside out and back to front / Tone Wheeler -- The greatest spoiler: salvation in the cities / Brendan Gleeson -- A humanist on thin ice: science and the humanities, people and climate change / Tom Griffiths -- Thousandth miles: on the bottom rung / Tangea Tansley -- We are all learners now: submerge, drown or wash ashore / Michele Grossman -- Violence against women: the dimensions of fear and culture / James Spigelman -- Ngati Skippy: at home and heartsick across the ditch / Rachel Buchanan -- Who cares for Cohen? Revisting the 'Australia House' on Hydra / Jorge Sotirios. -- Reportage. Monday morning in Mernda: a land of plenty, or plenty in the land? / Peter Mares -- Mixing it up in Bennelong: a recipe for Australian multiculturalism / Kathy Marks -- O maker of distances: rebuilding lives, word by word / Anna Maria Dell'oso. -- Memoir. Crossings: bureaucracy on the high seas / Sara Dowse -- Where is home? The legacy of Lord Roberts Brown, of Wandsworth / Phil Brown -- Bardon, 1949: in memory of my mother / Raymond Evans. -- Fiction. Sunday Sunday / David Sornig -- The bridal lesson / Lee Kofman -- The salesman / Paddy O'Reilly. -- Poetry. Ways to kill cane toads / Geoff Lemon -- Settling / Heather Taylor Johnson. -- Picture essay. Out of Africa / Dean Saffron
Summary "Prosper or Perish explores what's at stake in getting the mix right, and reports on the realities for a new generation of global citizens whose work, lives and relationships stretch across borders and blend traditional identities. It includes moving memoirs, reportage from the front line and insightful analysis of the competing perspectives."
Notes "Spring 2010"
Subject Cultural pluralism -- Australia.
Economic development -- Australia.
Environmental conservation -- Australia
SUBJECT Australia -- Population. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114319
Author Schultz, Julianne, 1956-
Griffith University.
ISBN 9781921656170
Other Titles Prosper or perish : exploring the limits to growth