Lucky Country

Author : Rosa Cappiello
Publisher : Sydney University Press
ISBN 13 : 1743322607
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oh Lucky Country written by Rosa Cappiello and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oh Lucky Country (Paese fortunato) uses first-person point of view to inflate migrant oppression to such absurdist proportions that its swirling narrative boils over into a maelstrom, washing away all migrant clichés. It is a witty, tragi-comic view of Australian society, culture and prejudice. This new edition of Oh Lucky Country, with introductions by Nicole Moore and Gaetano Rando, is a part of the Australian Classics Library series intended to make classic texts of Australian literature more widely available for the secondary school and undergraduate university classroom, and to the general reader. The series is co-edited by Emeritus Professor Bruce Bennett of the University of New South Wales and Professor Robert Dixon, Professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney, in conjunction with SETIS, Sydney University Press, AustLit and the Copyright Agency Limited. Each text is accompanied by a fresh scholarly introduction and a basic editorial apparatus drawn from the resources of AustLit. Rosa Cappiello was born in Naples, Italy, in 1942. She migrated to Australia in 1971 with no knowledge of English and no skills and worked in various manual occupations. She published her first novel, I semi negri (The Black Seeds) in 1977 in Italy. In 1982, she was writer-in-residence at the University of Wollongong. She died in 2008 in Italy.

Author : Ian Lowe
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702255467
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lucky Country? written by Ian Lowe and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can we reinvent the Lucky Country? Fifty years ago author Donald Horne described Australia as 'a lucky country run by second-rate people', adding that our leaders are mostly unaware of events that surround them. The good fortune continued when our wide brown land proved to contain bountiful resources of saleable minerals, allowing successive generations of second-rate leaders to create an illusion of economic progress by liquidating those assets. But a crisis is approaching, driven by irresponsible encouragement of population growth rates typical of poor developing countries. In this polemic work, Ian Lowe will assess the state of Australia and whether we can retain our status of the Lucky Country.

Author : Nick Cater
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1743098138
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lucky Culture written by Nick Cater and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold and provocative book about Australia's national identity and a plea to keep Australia's famed open-mindedness, Cater tracks the seismic changes in Australian culture and outlook since Donald Horne published THE LUCKY COUNTRY in 1964. 'A great book.' Rupert Murdoch A bold and provocative book about Australia's national identity and how it is threatened by the rise of a ruling class. Nick Cater, senior editor at the Australian, tracks the seismic changes in Australian culture and outlook since Donald Horne wrote the Lucky Country in 1964. His belief is that countries don't get lucky; people do. the secret of Australia's good fortune is not found in its geography or history. the key to its success is the Australian character, the nation's greatest renewable resource. Liberated from the constraints of the old world, Australia's pioneers mined their reserves of enterprise, energy and ingenuity to build the great civilization of the south. their over-riding principle was fairness: everybody had a right to a fair go and was obliged to do the right thing by others. today that spirit of egalitarianism is threatened by the rise of a new breed of sophisticated Australians - the 'bunyip alumni' - who claim to better understand the demands of the age. their presumption of elitism and superior virtue tempts them to look down on others and dismiss opposing views. Half a century after Donald Horne named Australia 'the Lucky Country', Nick Cater takes stock of the new battle to define Australia and the rift that divides a presumptive ruling class from a people who refuse to be ruled. the Lucky Culture is a lively and original take on 21st century Australia and its people. Sometimes rousing, often provocative and always good-humoured, its unexpectedly moving message cannot be ignored. 'tHE LUCKY CULtURE is a great book and particularly relevant as it comes in a moment of high political excitement. I particularly loved Nick Cater's passion for the great Australian dream. It is the first step in restoring that dream.' Rupert Murdoch

Author : Donald Horne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The lucky country written by Donald Horne and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fiona Stanley
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 1742624014
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children of the Lucky Country? written by Fiona Stanley and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2007-11-10 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're all concerned for our children-their health, happiness and development. Yet despite living in a society where we've come to expect increasing economic prosperity and technical advancement, many key indicators of the health, well being and development of our children are not improving, and some are worsening. And with economic growth and increasing wealth, the inequalities between the advantaged and disadvantaged are growing rather than narrowing. What are the issues really involved, and what can we do about them? Children of the Lucky Country? is a book that incisively examines the way we treat our children and sets out the ways that our society can fully realise their potential. It's a book for anyone with an interest in our young-from parents to educators. Children of the Lucky Country? is an informed, timely and stimulating addition to a vital national debate.

Author : Donald Horne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of the Lucky Country written by Donald Horne and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Warner Max Corden
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783319879642
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lucky Boy in the Lucky Country written by Warner Max Corden and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corden has written a charming and insightful account of his professional and personal life, from his childhood in Breslau, Germany, until his retirement in Melbourne. The book is divided into two parts. Part I considers Corden's early life, from a young boy growing up in Nazi Germany, to his immigration from England to Australia and what that means for the author's self-identity. Part II addresses Corden's work on the Australian Protection Policy for which he is perhaps best known, before reflecting upon the author's time at Oxford University and the Australian National University, and, finally, moving on to review contributions made at the IMF, Johns Hopkins University, and The World Bank. This book will be of interest to all aspiring economists, as well as established economists familiar with Corden's work. It is an inspiring and profound record of the intellectual journey made by one of Australia's best known economists.

Author : Geoff Aigner
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743310307
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Australian Leadership Paradox written by Geoff Aigner and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are Australian leaders so reluctant to acknowledge the power they have and unsure what to do with it? Australian Leadership Paradox claims Australians have a serious problem with leadership. It explains the cultural roots of this problem, and ways we can become more purposeful leaders.

Author : Leo Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781876733544
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long Road to the Lucky Country written by Leo Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gloria Pilar Totoricaguena
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia written by Gloria Pilar Totoricaguena and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: