{"product_id":"australias-great-depression-how-a-nation-shattered-by-the-great-war-survived-the-worst-economic-crisis-it-has-ever-faced-hardcover","title":"Australia's Great Depression: How a Nation Shattered by the Great War Survived the Worst Economic Crisis It Has Ever Faced - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow a nation still in grief from the Great War found the courage and resilience to face a new tragedy, the Great Depression.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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. \u003ci\u003eAustralia's Great Depression\u003c\/i\u003e details this most impressive narrative of resilience in the nation's history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A magisterial account of an immense tragedy, told with authority, poignancy and drama.' - \u003ci\u003eFrank Bongiorno, Professor of History, The Australian National University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A masterpiece by one of Australia's most esteemed historians' \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eDavid Day, historian \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Beaumont's brilliant study is the comprehensive history of the Great Depression that we have been waiting for.' - Stephen Garton AM, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, The University of Sydney\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoan Beaumont is Professor of History at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, and author of the magisterial and multi-award winning account of Australia's experience of World War I, \u003ci\u003eBroken Nation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.29 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766231826720,"sku":"9781760293987","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b249c5ce0f736b6e9b862ff7ee2902f1.webp?v=1780287742","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/australias-great-depression-how-a-nation-shattered-by-the-great-war-survived-the-worst-economic-crisis-it-has-ever-faced-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}