Australia's Great Depression

Australia's Great Depression by Joan Beaumont


ISBN
9781761068874
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
576
Dimensions
153 x 234mm

Highly Commended in the 2022 NSW Premier's History Awards

Some generations are born unlucky. Australians who survived the horrors of the Great War and the Spanish flu epidemic that followed were soon faced with the shock of the Great Depression. Today we remember long dole queues, shanty towns and destitute men roaming the country in search of work. With over a third of the workforce unemployed in 1932, Australia was one of the hardest hit countries in the world. Yet this is not the complete story.

In this wide-ranging account of the Great Depression in Australia, Joan Beaumont shows how high levels of debt and the collapse of wool and wheat prices left Australia particularly exposed in the world's worst depression. Threatened with national insolvency, and with little room for policy innovation, governments resorted to austerity and deflation. Violent protests erupted in the streets and paramilitary movements threatened the political order.

It might have ended very differently, but Australia's democratic institutions survived the ordeal. Australia's people, too, survived. While many endured great hardship, anger, anxiety and despair, most 'made do' and helped each other. Some even found something positive in the memory of this personal and communal struggle. Australia's Great Depression details this most impressive narrative of resilience in the nation's history.
45.00



Enter your Postcode or Suburb to view availability and delivery times.

Other Titles by Joan Beaumont


You might also like

The Legend of Albert Jacka
49.99
39.99
20% Off
The Great Race
35.00
16.00
54% Off
Sheilas
34.99
16.00
54% Off
Sister Viv
35.99
27.99
22% Off
Burke and Wills
Peter FitzSimons
36.99
36.99
_% Off
James Cook
36.99
36.99
_% Off
Eureka The Unfinished Revolution
34.99
34.99
_% Off
The Fatal Shore
24.99
24.99
_% Off

RRP refers to the Recommended Retail Price as set out by the original publisher at time of release.
The RRP set by overseas publishers may vary to those set by local publishers due to exchange rates and shipping costs.
Due to our competitive pricing, we may have not sold all products at their original RRP.