Prologue: An open go -- 1. The Australians -- 2. The spirit of progress -- 3. The flight from progress -- 4. The bunyip alumni -- 5. The godless -- 6. Wild life in suburbia -- 7. The renovators -- 8. The technocrats -- 9. The conscience constituency -- 10. The cultural producers -- 11. The academics -- 12. The moral persuaders -- 13. The idea of Australia -- Epilogue: A new country
Summary
Countries don′t get lucky; people do. THE LUCKY CULTURE tells the story of Australian exceptionalism, the unique national quality that transformed a raw, unbroken continent into the great civilisation of the south
Analysis
Australian
Cultural studies
Culture
History
National identity
Political conditions
Social change
Social class
Social conditions
Social history
Social status
Notes
N copy signed and inscribed by the author, 24 June 2013. ANL
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-344) and index
