Old Worlds And New Australia: The Post-War Migrant Experience
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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In the decades following World War II, Australia was irrevocably transformed by one of the most ambitious mass migration programmes in modern history — and Old Worlds and New Australia: The Post-War Migrant Experience chronicles this seismic social shift through the vivid, personal testimonies of those who lived it. Janis Wilton and Richard Bosworth present a compelling mosaic of immigrant life, tracing the journeys of men and women who left behind the familiar landscapes of Europe and beyond to build new lives in a nation simultaneously welcoming and foreign, generous and demanding. The work is a significant contribution to Australian social history, grounding its broader arguments in the textures of everyday lived experience — the struggle for language, belonging, and identity against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving national culture. Wilton and Bosworth write with empathy and scholarly rigour, drawing on oral histories to illuminate the tensions between cultural preservation and assimilation that continue to resonate in contemporary Australia. For anyone seeking to understand how modern Australia was truly forged, the answer may lie not in its politics or economics, but in the courageous, often heartbreaking stories of those who arrived with little more than hope.
Author: Janis Wilton And Richard Bosworth
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the decades following World War II, Australia was irrevocably transformed by one of the most ambitious mass migration programmes in modern history — and Old Worlds and New Australia: The Post-War Migrant Experience chronicles this seismic social shift through the vivid, personal testimonies of those who lived it. Janis Wilton and Richard Bosworth present a compelling mosaic of immigrant life, tracing the journeys of men and women who left behind the familiar landscapes of Europe and beyond to build new lives in a nation simultaneously welcoming and foreign, generous and demanding. The work is a significant contribution to Australian social history, grounding its broader arguments in the textures of everyday lived experience — the struggle for language, belonging, and identity against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving national culture. Wilton and Bosworth write with empathy and scholarly rigour, drawing on oral histories to illuminate the tensions between cultural preservation and assimilation that continue to resonate in contemporary Australia. For anyone seeking to understand how modern Australia was truly forged, the answer may lie not in its politics or economics, but in the courageous, often heartbreaking stories of those who arrived with little more than hope.