The Lucky Country
Author(s): Donald Horne
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. The book still remains illuminating and insightful decades later. It 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.
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'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
Professor 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.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Penguin Classics
- : 0.286
- : February 2009
- : 198mm X 134mm X 23mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Donald Horne
- : Paperback
- : 994.05
- : 312
- : HBTB