Bibliograph

AUSTRALIANS, flappers to vietnam

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Label

AUSTRALIANS, flappers to vietnam

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

AUSTRALIANS

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

flappers to vietnam

Summary

The third volume of Thomas Keneally's history of the Australian people, Australians: Flappers to Vietnam chronicles the lives and deeds of Australians, both known and unknown, during the 20th century. Entering an age of consumerism, media, and communism, Australia underwent radical change in the hands of two less remembered prime ministers: the stoic Stanley Melbourne Bruce of the Melbourne Establishment and the humbler Irishman Jim Scullin of the Labor Party. Keneally examines the Great Crash, the rise of fascism, the reasons why Australia entered the Second World War through the massive unemployment that arrived later in the century. With a compassionate lens and rich storytelling, Flappers to Vietnam presents history in a fresh and vivid way

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator