ISBN10: 1926428579, ISBN13: 9781926428574, [publisher: Penguin Random House] Softcover The bestselling author of The Australian Moment asks the most important question confronting the country right now - how do we maintain our winning streak? Most nations don't get a first chance to prosper. Australia is on its second. For the best part of the nineteenth century, Australia was the world's richest country, a pioneer for democracy and a magnet for migrants. Yet our last big boom was followed by a fifty-year bust as we lost our luck, our riches and our nerve, and shut our doors on the world. Now we're back on top, in the position where history tells us we made our biggest mistakes. Can we learn from our past and cement our place as one of the world's great nations? Showing that our future is in our foundation, Australia's Second Chance goes back to 1788, the first contact between locals and migrants, to bring us a unique and fascinating view of the key events of our past right through to the present day. With newly available economic data and fresh interviews with former leaders (including the last major interview with Malcolm Fraser), George Megalogenis crunches the numbers and weaves our history into a riveting argument, brilliantly chronicling our dialogue with the world and bringing welcome insight into the urgent question of who we are, and what we can become. 'Megalogenis has emerged as something of a polymath. He slaps history and pol ...

Hamish Hamilton, Melbourne, Date: 2015. First Edition. Trade Paperback. As New. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 324 pages. This book is available and ready to be shipped from our local warehouse. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.. The bestselling author of The Australian Moment asks the most important question confronting the country right now - how do we maintain our winning streak? Most nations don't get a first chance to prosper. Australia is on its second. For the best part of the nineteenth century, Australia was the world's richest country, a pioneer for democracy and a magnet for migrants. Yet our last big boom was followed by a fifty-year bust as we lost our luck, our riches and our nerve, and shut our doors on the world. Now we're back on top, in the position where history tells us we made our biggest mistakes. Can we learn from our past and cement our place as one of the world's great nations? With newly available economic data and fresh interviews with former leaders (including the last major interview with Malcolm Fraser), George Megalogenis crunches the numbers and weaves our history into a riveting argument, brilliantly chronicling our dialogue with the world and bringing welcome insight into the urgent question of who we are, and what we can become. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australian History; A ...

ISBN10: 1926428579, ISBN13: 9781926428574, [publisher: Hamish Hamilton, Hawthorn] Softcover 324 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.
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ISBN10: 1926428579, ISBN13: 9781926428574, [publisher: Hamish Hamilton, Sydney] Softcover First Edition Signed by Author. introduction by author, acknowledgements, notes and index. Between pages 132 and 133 there are eight pages of colour and black-and-white photographs and colour and black-and-white illustrations. Colour photographic paperback binding with gold, orange, red and blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. In this book the author looks at Australia's past to predict the future. Signed on the title page by author. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: Trade Paperback. 324 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Politics; Australia; Sociology & Culture. Signed by Author. ISBN: 1926428579. ISBN/EAN: 9781926428574. Inventory No: 0123425.
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