The rise and fall of Australia : (Record no. 28233)

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780857989024
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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CONTROL NUMBER
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MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bryant, Nick
TITLE STATEMENT
Title The rise and fall of Australia :
Remainder of title How a great nation lost its way
Statement of responsibility, etc Nick Bryant
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc North Sydney, N.S.W. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Random House Australia,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c2014.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 331 p. ;
Dimensions 20 cm.
SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A forensic look at the Lucky Country, from the inside and outside. Never before has Australia enjoyed such economic, commercial, diplomatic and cultural clout. Its recession-proof economy is the envy of the world. It's the planet's great lifestyle superpower. Its artistic exports win unprecedented acclaim. But never before has its politics been so brutal, narrow and facile, as well as being such a global laughing stock. A positive national story is at odds with a deeply unattractive Canberra story. The country should be enjoying The Australian Moment, so vividly described by the best-selling author George Megalogenis. But that description may turn out to be inadvertently precise. It could end up being just that: a fleeting moment. At present the country seems to be in speedy regression, with the nation's leaders, on both sides, mired in relatively small problems, such as the arrival of boat people, rather than mapping out a larger and more inspiring national future. In The Rise and Fall of Australia, BBC correspondent and author Nick Bryant offers an outsider's take on the great paradox of modern-day Australian life: of how the country has got richer at a time when its politics have become more impoverished. In this thoroughly entertaining and thought-provoking book, dealing with politics, racism, sexism, the country's place in the region and the world, culture and sport, the author argues that Australia needs to discard the out-dated language used to describe itself, to push back against Lucky Country thinking, to celebrate how the cultural creep has replaced the cultural cringe and to stop negatively typecasting itself. Rejecting most of the national stereotypes, Nick Bryant sets out to describe the new Australia rather than the mythic country so often misunderstood not just by foreigners but Australians themselves.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Australia
General subdivision History
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SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Australia
General subdivision Politics and government
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SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Politics and government
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SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Australia
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ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type REGULAR
Holdings
Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Permanent Location Current Location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Total Checkouts Total Renewals Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type
        University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai MAIN 2015-12-01 UOW Unishop 1 5 994.072 BR RI T0053201 2017-08-01 2017-02-12 18.81 2017-01-26 REGULAR

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