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The Lucky Country

The Lucky Country

by Donald Horne and Albert Tucker
Paperback
Publication Date: 07/01/2008
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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.
ISBN:
9780143180029
9780143180029
Category:
Sociology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
07-01-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
Country of origin:
Australia
Edition:
6th Edition
Dimensions (mm):
198x128x20mm
Weight:
0.28kg
Donald Horne

Donald Horne was the author of The Lucky Country and The Education of Young Donald, and many other books and essays.

A leading public intellectual for close to fifty years, he edited The Bulletin, chaired the Australia Council, and pioneered cultural studies at the University of New South Wales.

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