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Author | : Tim Rowse |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 2005-09-27 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780521677837 |
A 2002 biography of H. C. 'Nugget' Coombs, one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century.
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Author | : Stuart Macintyre |
Publisher | : NewSouth |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2015-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1742241972 |
In this landmark book, Stuart Macintyre explains how a country traumatised by World War I, hammered by the Depression and overstretched by World War II became a prosperous, successful and growing society by the 1950s. An extraordinary group of individuals, notably John Curtin, Ben Chifley, Nugget Coombs, John Dedman and Robert Menzies, re-made the country, planning its reconstruction against a background of wartime sacrifice and austerity. The other part of this triumphant story shows Australia on the world stage, seeking to fashion a new world order that would bring peace and prosperity. This book shows the 1940s to be a pivotal decade in Australia. At the height of his powers, Macintyre reminds us that key components of the society we take for granted – work, welfare, health, education, immigration, housing – are not the result of military endeavour but policy, planning, politics and popular resolve.
Author | : Brij V. Lal |
Publisher | : ANU E Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2014-09-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1921934182 |
The Coombs Building at The Australian National University is a Canberra icon. Named after one of Australia’s greatest administrators and public intellectuals—‘Nugget’ Herbert Cole Coombs—for more than forty years the building has housed two of the University’s four foundational Schools: the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies and the Research School of Social Sciences. This volume of recollections is about the former. It looks at life in the building through the prism of personal experience and happenstance. Part memoir, part biography, and part celebration, this book is about the people of Coombs, past and present. Through evocative and lucid reflections, present and former denizens of the building share their passions and predilections, quietly savour their accomplishments and recall the failings and foibles of the past with a kindly tolerance.
Author | : Herbert Cole Coombs |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1990-06-11 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521363730 |
The essays in this 1990 book link widely shared environmental concerns to an original and penetrating analysis of contemporary economic trends.
Author | : Pamela Burton |
Publisher | : ANU Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2022-04-29 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1760465097 |
A world in upheaval; two lives lived under stress … This story is set in the social and political landscape of pre– and post–World War II. It tells two vastly different tales of Cecily and John’s lives in Australia and overseas, as nations clashed, and governments and international organisations tried to remake the world. Cecily Nixon knew that marrying John Burton would be bad for her. But she loved him and, impressed with this handsome, sullen young man and his belief that he could change the world for the better, saw her role in life as to serve the world through John. Cecily’s story is a deeply personal and psychological one of love, duty and betrayal that explores the complexities of relationships. In a world that overwhelmed her, Cecily searched for ‘wholeness’ and delved deep into her psyche to find herself and emerge from John’s shadow. John has been known as an influential and controversial young head of Australia’s Department of External Affairs – and as a would-be politician. It is less known that he was also an innovative farmer, bookseller, entrepreneur, arts patron and writer. He received international acclaim for his later work in conflict analysis and resolution. These combined stories of courage and achievement unfold amid political intrigue and psychological trauma. ASIO surveillance, love triangles, loyalty, infidelity and tragedy all play their part in the Burtons’ lives.
Author | : Judith Wright |
Publisher | : National Library Australia |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780642276254 |
This wide range of letters reminds us of Judith Wright's deep engagement with life, her love of the world (and of friends), and the fine fury that led her to battle so courageously on the world's behalf.
Author | : Andrew Dwyer |
Publisher | : The Miegunyah Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2010-03-30 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0522856225 |
One of the most satisfying culinary pursuits is to catch, prepare and eat absolutely fresh seafood. The recipes and stories in this book are a celebration of Australia, our maritime history, our oceans and the wonderful seafood they provide.
Author | : Murray Goot |
Publisher | : Melbourne Univ. Publishing |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780522853421 |
An account of Australian public opinion about Aborigines, and the political uses of public opinion research. The authors portray the changes and continuities in Australians' public opinion about indigenous Australians, including their claims for recognition and for social justice.
Author | : John Singleton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2010-11-25 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1139495208 |
Central banks are powerful but poorly understood organisations. In 1900 the Bank of Japan was the only central bank to exist outside Europe but over the past century central banking has proliferated. John Singleton here explains how central banks and the profession of central banking have evolved and spread across the globe during this period. He shows that the central banking world has experienced two revolutions in thinking and practice, the first after the depression of the early 1930s, and the second in response to the high inflation of the 1970s and 1980s. In addition, the central banking profession has changed radically. In 1900 the professional central banker was a specialised type of banker, whereas today he or she must also be a sophisticated economist and a public official. Understanding these changes is essential to explaining the role of central banks during the recent global financial crisis.