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The Lucky Country
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Donald Horne
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Free shipping Australia wide Ships from local supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback, 312 pages | | Published In: | United Kingdom, 26 February 2009 |
'Australia is a lucky country, run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck.' The phrase 'the lucky country' has become part of our lexicon; it's forever being invoked in debates about the Australian way of life, but is all too often misused by those blind to Horne's irony. When it was first published in 1964, "The Lucky Country" caused a sensation. Horne took Australian society to task for its philistinism, provincialism and dependence. The book was a wake-up call to an unimaginative nation, an indictment of a country mired in mediocrity and manacled to its past. Although it's a study of the confident Australia of the 1960s, the book still remains illuminating and insightful decades later. "The Lucky Country" is valuable not only as a source of continuing truths and revealing snapshots of the past, but above all as a key to understanding the anxieties and discontents of Australian society today. |
About the AuthorProfessor Donald Horne was one of Australia's foremost academics, historians and philosophers. He was a professor of political science at the University of New South Wales, and chancellor of the University of Canberra. Donald Horne penned over twenty books, chaired a number of cultural organisations, and served on several bodies concerned with constitutional reform. Donald Horne died in 2005. Reviews'The Lucky Country is a book of far-reaching influence - ironic, incisive and witty. If I had untold power, I'd force every Australian to read this book. We'd be a better country for it.' - Bridget Maidment, editor
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics | | ISBN: | 0143180029 |
| EAN: | 9780143180029 | | Dimensions: | 19.0 x 13.0 x 2.0 centimeters (0.29 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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