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  • Reinventing Urban Planning in Australia

    Humanising the Paradigm Shift, 1970–2000

    Edición de Nicola Pullan, Robert Freestone ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Urban History
    This edited collection of biographical and autobiographical essays chronicles the transformative journeys of Australian planners who, confronting unprecedented urban challenges in the late twentieth century, pioneered new concepts, methodologies, and approaches that fundamentally reshaped the trajectory of urban planning for the twenty-first century.The essays illuminate the profound social, ... Leer más

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  • Great War Britain Leeds: Remembering 1914-18

    The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain Leeds offers an intimate portrayal of the city and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. It describes the local reaction to the outbreak of war, the experience of individuals who enlisted, the changing face of industry and related unrest, the work of ... Leer más

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  • Waiting for Gonski

    How Australia failed its schools

    Why is education in Australia failing? Where did we go wrong, and how do we fix it? The Gonski Review seemed like a breakthrough. Commissioned by Prime Minster Julia Gillard and chaired by leading businessman David Gonski, the 2011 review made clear that school education policy wasn't working, and placed a spotlight on the troubling and growing gap between the educational outcomes of disadvantaged ... Leer más

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  • Fire and Steam

    A New History of the Railways in Britain

    Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the vision and ... Leer más

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  • Maori and the State

    Crown–Maori Relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa, 1950–2000

    Presenting the most recent research and written by an expert in the field, this examination explores the principal interrelationships between the British Crown and the Maori people in the 1950s and 1960s when Crown assimilation policies intensified—and during the 1970s—when the pressure of the Maori renaissance encouraged policies and goals based on biculturalism. A subject central to New Zealand ... Leer más

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  • First World War Britain

    1914–1919

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    The First World War profoundly changed British society. The armed forces' need for mass recruitment saw the workforce severely depleted, with women stepping up to shoulder the burden; but nobody could ignore the social upheaval or the strains put upon daily life. With poverty a major issue at the outbreak of war, the extra wages put more food on the table for many families, in spite of rationing ... Leer más

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  • Australia's Welfare Wars

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    In this fully revised third edition of Australia's Welfare Wars, Philip Mendes questions many of the key values and assumptions that determine contemporary social welfare policies, and the factors and forces that shape these policies in Australia. ... Leer más

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    Examining the debate between activists and professional planners over the vision of the future of a large growth corridor in Sydney, Australia, this case study maps the history of development from the late sixties to the mid-nineties, during which time serious environmental and financial problems arose. The book outlines five major visions of the future development and examines forms of political, ... Leer más

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  • Mind of the Nation

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