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Author Williams, John F. (John Frank), 1933-2016.

Title The quarantined culture : Australian reactions to modernism, 1913-1939 / John F. Williams
Published Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1995

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Description viii, 288 pages : illustrations, facsimile, portraits ; 24 cm
Series Studies in Australian history
Studies in Australian history.
Contents Machine derived contents note 1. The mad kermesse -- 2. 1913: a year of golden plums -- 3. 1913: visions of a new world -- 4. 1915-19 and the gilding of battlefield lilies -- 5. 1919-20: blowing the national trumpet -- 6. The return of the city bushmen -- 7. Aliens among us -- 8. Blues in the jazz age -- 9. Fissure in the imperial landscape -- 10. Crash and aftermath -- 11. Whatever happened to the 'lost generation'? -- Conclusion
Analysis Australia
Culture
Art
Attitudes
Civilisation
History, 1901-1945
Modernism
National identity
Notes CIP confirmed
Index: p. 281-288
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 274-280
Subject Art and society -- Australia.
Art, Australian -- History -- 20th century.
Art, Australian -- History.
Art, Australian.
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- History.
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia -- History.
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia.
Modernism (Art) -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1901-1945
LC no. 95011772
ISBN 0521471397
0521477131 (paperback)