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Opportunity and attainment in Australia »
Publication date: 1976
Australia is often referred to as a classless society, with few of the class distinctions of the old world, but this description has never been tested systematically. More radical writers now assert that there is a rigid class structure and much special privilege. They maintain that there is little opportunity for persons to advance materially by their own efforts. This book attempts to provide an answer to these conflicting claims. It examines how far equality of opportunity exists, in the educational system and elsewhere. It describes the long-term trend in the distribution of wealth and income and estimates how far Australian society is stratified compared with other countries. These and related questions are examined systematically by means of the results of a national sample survey conducted by the authors in 1965 and by comparison with other evidence relating to education, employment and income. The authors{u2019} main conclusion is that, while Australian society is clearly stratified in each generation, high rates of mobility limit significantly the extent to which inequality is transmitted within the family from one generation to the next. Though primarily intended for use in senior undergraduate and graduate courses in the social sciences there is much to interest readers concerned with contemporary Australian society in particular and advanced industrial countries generally.
Public servants, interest groups, and policy making: two case studies »
Publication date: 1976
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3225 1885_115097.jpg ANU Press Public servants, interest groups, and policy making: two case studies Wednesday, 18 August, 1976 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Smith, R. F. I
Kormilda, the way to tomorrow?: a study in Aboriginal education »
Publication date: 1976
Aborigines in Australia are demanding a kind of education that does not estrange Aboriginal children from their culture and their kin. This book discusses a situation in which such alienation was brought about. Kormilda College, a residential school for tribal Aborigines in the Northern Territory, is the focus of the study. In the college Dr Sommerlad observed young Aborigines trying to reconcile their own values and behaviour with those of the white teachers and administrators. Some students were unable to choose between black and white societies and became marginal members of both. Some felt their black identity degraded by the experience and were left in a state of confusion and self-doubt. If the education of these children is to be in harmony with the values and ideals of the community in which they live, educational reforms will have to be undertaken. From her experience at Kormilda, and drawing on the experience of United States workers with American Indians and Eskimoes, Dr Sommerlad suggests directions such reform might take and pitfalls it will need to avoid. This book must be read by all who wish to see Aborigines take their place in Australian society without losing their unique cultural identity.
Class and politics: New South Wales, Victoria and the early Commonwealth, 1890-1910 »
Publication date: 1976
What has class to do with Australia - the working man{u2019}s paradise, the egalitarian society, where mate is as good as master? Dr Rickard shows that class is more relevant than most Australians would care to believe. The period 1890-1910 is a critical one in Australian history. In 1890 Australia was little more than a collection of provincially minded colonies; by 1910 it was a nation, poised to prove the fact in a European war. Those twenty years saw the emergence of the labor party and of the basic party system as we know it today. As the trade unions gave birth to the labor parties, the employers worked to establish an anti-labor party. Until now historians have tended to study the Australian labour movement in isolation. This book places both the movement itself and the anti-labour forces, those of capital, firmly in the context of Australian society, its mores and its myths. For those interested in class and politics, and in the myths that give Australian class and politics their characteristic flavour, this book will be a welcome contibution.
Colonial town to Melanesian city: Port Moresby 1884-1974 »
Publication date: 1976
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3303 1885_115035.jpg ANU Press Colonial town to Melanesian city: Port Moresby 1884-1974 Wednesday, 18 August, 1976 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Oram, Nigel
New Guinea vegetation »
Publication date: 1976
The island of New Guinea is rich in vegetation varying from mangrove swamps through savanna to dense forests. Here, for the first time in one book, this vegetation is considered from the diverse viewpoints of the botanist, the ethnobotanist, the ecologist and the biogeographer. New Guinea Vegetation contains a wealth of information on the geographical and altitudinal distribution of the island{u2019}s flora, the way in which plants have migrated to and from neighbouring countries, the ecology of the various plant communities and the uses to which the people put the plants - as food or medicine, in magic and rituals, and for the manufacture of the goods needed in their day to day life. This usefully illustrated book will be invaluable for those interested in tropical plants, their ecology and uses.
Black, white and gold: gold mining in Papua New Guinea, 1878-1930 »
Publication date: 1976
Australian goldminers were among the first white men to have sustained contact with Papua New Guineans. Some Papua New Guineans welcomed them, worked for them, traded with them and learnt their skills and soon were mining on their own account. Others met them with hostility, either by direct confrontation or by stealthy ambush. Many of the indigenous people and some miners were killed. The miners were dependent on the local people for labourers, guides, producers of food and women. Some women lived willingly in the miners' camps, a few were legally married, and some raped. Working conditions for Papua New Guineans on the claims were mixed, some being well treated by the miners, others being poorly housed and fed, ill-treated, and subject to devastating epidemics. Conditions were rough, not only for them but for the diggers too. This book shows the differences in the experience of various Papua New Guinean communities which encountered the miners and tries to explain these differences. It is a graphic description of what happens when people from vastly different cultures meet. The author has drawn on documentary sources and inter views with the local people to produce for the first time, a lively history.
The Yunnan provincial faction, 1927-1937 »
Publication date: 1976
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3279 1885_115143.jpg ANU Press The Yunnan provincial faction, 1927-1937 Wednesday, 18 August, 1976 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Hall, J. C. S
The rat: a study in behaviour »
Publication date: 1976
Barnett's classic study, originally published as A Study in Behaviour, has had a major influence on teaching and research in the behavioral sciences. The author's purpose is to present some of the principles of ethology, the science of animal behavior, primarily from studies of a single species, the "Norway" rat. This edition includes a number of new topics, additional text figures and photographs, an enlarged bibliography, and a revised glossary.
Canberra: site and city »
Publication date: 1975
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/2999 1885_116875.jpg ANU Press Canberra: site and city Monday, 18 August, 1975 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Linge, G. J. R