{"product_id":"2026200016397-secondhand-going-it-alone-australias-national-identity-in-the-twentieth-century","title":"Going It Alone: Australia's National Identity In The Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it truly mean to be Australian? Going It Alone: Australia's National Identity in the Twentieth Century confronts this deceptively complex question with rigorous intellectual clarity, tracing the evolution of a distinctly Australian character as it emerged from colonial roots into a confident, independent national consciousness. W. F. Mandle chronicles the social, cultural, and political forces that shaped the Australian identity across the twentieth century — from the mythology of the bush and the battler, to sport as a national religion, to the tensions between cultural cringe and fierce patriotic pride.\n\nMandle argues with compelling authority that Australian identity is not a fixed inheritance but a living, contested construct — one perpetually shaped by class, geography, immigration, and the lingering shadow of Britain. His prose is lucid and accessible, blending historical analysis with cultural commentary in a way that illuminates the contradictions at the heart of Australian nationhood. For anyone seeking to understand the spirit that drives this nation — its stubbornness, its egalitarianism, its wary independence — this work remains as provocative and relevant as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336819024091,"sku":"2026200016397-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1dea00d3-fd0c-4bd7-800d-6fac61a86340.png?v=1789958847","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016397-secondhand-going-it-alone-australias-national-identity-in-the-twentieth-century","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}