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Australian minerals and energy policy »
Publication date: 1979
The 1960s saw a boom in the Australian mining industry unparalleled since the gold rushes of last century. The seventies have, by comparison been less dramatic, but the world concern with energy offers the prospect of another boom. This book examines the policy problems with which the minerals and energy sector confronts Australian governments - such as taxation, environment protection, Aboriginal land rights, foreign investment, the development of an integrated energy policy, the encouragement of local processing of minerals before export, and the role of government. Clearly and objectively this book puts into perspective the operations and the importance of the mining and energy sector, operations that have frequently been the subject of heated controversy. It is essential reading for the intelligent reader seeking a balanced view of this important industry.
The Gundaroo pony »
Publication date: 1979
This is the story of a little girl and her pony. Dianne lives with her parents in the historic village of Gundaroo. One Christmas they called her outside and there was a little grey pony. Dianne could not think of a name that suited him, so she called him No Name. Dianne soon learned to saddle and bridle him herself and they had many happy rides together. One day Dianne came back from school very excited. There was going to be an historical picnic and all the children were going, dressed in period costume. This book tells of the costume Dianne chose to go in, and how No Name took part in the picnic too, and got a new name: Gundaroo Pony.
Aboriginal History Journal: Volume 2 »
Publication date: 1978
Since 1977, the journal Aboriginal History has pioneered interdisciplinary historical studies of Australian Aboriginal people’s and Torres Strait Islander’s interactions with non-Indigenous peoples. It has promoted publication of Indigenous oral traditions, biographies, languages, archival and bibliographic guides, previously unpublished manuscript accounts, critiques of current events, and research and reviews in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, sociology, linguistics, demography, law, geography and cultural, political and economic history.
Aboriginal History Inc. is a publishing organisation based in the Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra.
For more information on Aboriginal History Inc. please visit aboriginalhistory.org.au.
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Education and the child »
Publication date: 1978
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3775 1885_114819.jpg ANU Press Education and the child Friday, 18 August, 1978 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services
China: the impact of the cultural revolution »
Publication date: 1978
The period between the Ninth and Tenth Congresses of the CCP was one of immense and far-reaching changes within China. This book analyses these processes of change and assesses their significance. The Introduction and Conclusion locate the period within the framework of Mao Tsetung's theory of class struggle in socialist society. Individual chapters deal with the reconstruction of the Chinese Communist Party, the role of the People's Liberation Army, the debate concerning higher education, economic development, controversies over agricultural policy, the regularisation of industrial management, and foreign policy. The analysis of this period permits a longer- term perspective for the consideration of many of the vital issues raised by the Cultural Revolution, and this is a central concern of all contributions. It also provides an indispensable basis for the understanding of more recent events in China. The individual authors differ in their evaluations of the success of the Cultural Revolution and the implications of the consolidation policies persued after 1970. But, together, they offer a challenge to the conventional wisdom of both liberal orthodoxy and radical naivete.
Canberra »
Publication date: 1978
Canberra is recognised as one of the world's most successful examples of planned city development. In sixty years it has grown from a collection of surveyors' tents to Australia's largest inland city. Because it has developed so rapidly most of Canberra's 200,000 citizens were born elsewhere. This book attempts to capture some aspects of life in Canberra - the buildings, the seasons, people at work and play, the countryside - so that residents of the national capital can give an impression of its moods and lifestyle to relatives and friends far away.
Palm sago: a tropical starch from marginal lands »
Publication date: 1978
This book takes a multidisciplinary and multicultural approach to studying the relationship between human societies and food- yielding tropical palms. A joint effort of four people whose special ties complement each other, it provides a broad and thorough examination of palm sago, a starch that has potential for small-scale, low-cost development in marginal areas of the tropics. Information on the extraction and production of palm sago in insular and mainland Southeast Asia, the tropical Americas, Melanesia, South China, and South Asia is presented here. More than an ethnobotanical monograph, this study places palm sago and its use within the relevant historical, technological, nutritional, commercial, and ritual context. Well-illustrated and drawing together a broad spectrum of information, this study provides the depth of knowledge of man/plant relationship needed to plan the rational development of tropical swamp environments. Academics and professionals in many fields will find this book of interest.
Insulinde: selected translations from Dutch writers of three centuries on the Indonesian archipelago »
Publication date: 1978
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3693 1885_115052.jpg ANU Press Insulinde: selected translations from Dutch writers of three centuries on the Indonesian archipelago Friday, 18 August, 1978 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services
The modern language of architecture »
Publication date: 1978
"These pages" writes Bruno Zevi, "have the same goal as any other heretical act: to arouse dissent. If they provoke argument, they will have achieved their aim. Instead of talking endlessly about architecture, we shall finally begin to speak architecture." The Modern Language of Architecture by Bruno Zevi, whom Frank Lloyd Wright called "the most penetrating architectural critic of our time," should be read by anyone with an interest in designing, constructing, buying, selling, looking at, or living in a building. Setting forth seven principles, or "antirules," Zevi attempts, in the first part, to codify the new language of architecture that was created by Le Corbusier, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Wright. In place of the classical language formulated by the Beaux-Arts school, with its focus on abstract principles of order, proportion, and symmetry, he presents an alternative system of communication characterized by a free interpretation of contents and function, an emphasis on differentiation and dissonance, a dynamic multidimensional vision, an independent interplay of elements, an organic marriage between engineering and architecture, living spaces designed to be used, and an inte gration of every building into its surroundings. Part 2, tracing the dialogue between architecture and historiography, demonstrates that the modern language of architecture is not the language of modern architecture, but the real system of communication of all creative architecture. A survey of the literature of the past century on architecture from ancient Greece through the Baroque reveals that each historical contribution had two opposite effects: the negative one of stimulating a revival and the positive one of enriching the modern language of architecture. Thus we find striking analogies between Le Corbusier and Greek town planning, Louis Kahn and Roman architecture of the age of Hadrian, the Arts and Crafts movement and medieval idioms, and, most notably, the two spirals of Borromini's church of Sant'Ivo alia Sapienza in Rome and Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Militarism in modern China: the career of Wu P'ei-Fu, 1916-39 »
Publication date: 1978
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3707 1885_115187.jpg ANU Press Militarism in modern China: the career of Wu P'ei-Fu, 1916-39 Friday, 18 August, 1978 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Wou, Odoric Ying-Kwong