{"product_id":"the-words-that-made-australia-how-a-nation-came-to-know-itself-9781863956444","title":"The Words That Made Australia: How a Nation Came to Know Itself","description":"This is not a book of documents, snippets or worthy speeches. Instead it presents the original essays and the moments of insight that told us what Australia is and could be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These are the essential statements - from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionaries - that take us from Federation to the present-day, and tell a story of national self-discovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There is the Frenchman who saw that Australia was a 'workingman's paradise', and the historian who explained why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The two reporters who realised the true significance of Gallipoli and conveyed it to the nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Russel Ward on the Australian Legend, Robin Boyd on the Australian Ugliness, Donald Horne on the Lucky Country, W.E.H. Stanner on the Great Australian Silence and Anne Summers on Manzone Country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Real Matildas, Cultural Cringers, Future Eaters and Forgotten People - and much more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Memorably written and cohesive, this is the essential sourcebook of the words that made Australia.\u2028\u2028 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robert Manne is professor of politics at La Trobe University and a regular writer for the \u003cem\u003eMonthly\u003c\/em\u003e. His books include \u003cem\u003eMaking Trouble: Essays Against the New Australian Complacency\u003c\/em\u003e and, as editor, \u003cem\u003eThe Australian Century\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eW.E.H. Stanner: The Dreaming \u0026amp; Other Essays\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chris Feik is editor of \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Essay\u003c\/em\u003e, associate editor of the \u003cem\u003eMonthly\u003c\/em\u003e and publisher at Black Inc. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMiles Franklin \u003cbr\u003eAlbert Metin \u003cbr\u003eEllis Ashmead-Bartlett \u003cbr\u003eKeith Murdoch \u003cbr\u003eMaybanke Anderson \u003cbr\u003eD.H. Lawrence \u003cbr\u003eW.K. Hancock \u003cbr\u003eP.R. Stephensen \u003cbr\u003eVance Palmer \u003cbr\u003eRobert Menzies \u003cbr\u003eA.A. Phillips \u003cbr\u003eManning Clark \u003cbr\u003eRussel Ward \u003cbr\u003eBarry Humphries \u003cbr\u003eRobin Boyd \u003cbr\u003eDonald Horne \u003cbr\u003eW.E.H. Stanner \u003cbr\u003eHumphrey McQueen \u003cbr\u003eHugh Stretton \u003cbr\u003eAnne Summers \u003cbr\u003eMiriam Dixson \u003cbr\u003eBernard Smith \u003cbr\u003ePaul Kelly \u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey Blainey \u003cbr\u003eTim Flannery \u003cbr\u003eDavid Malouf \u003cbr\u003eInga Clendinnen \u003cbr\u003eNoel Pearson \u003cbr\u003eJudith Brett \u003cbr\u003eGhassan Hage\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Black Inc. Agenda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922253746450,"sku":"9781863956444","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01bb1f66-26d9-496f-99eb-4656688ef62b.jpg?v=1738926750","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-words-that-made-australia-how-a-nation-came-to-know-itself-9781863956444","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}