{"product_id":"9781863955782","title":"The Words That Made Australia","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\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is the Frenchman who saw that Australia was a 'workingman's paradise', and the historian who explained why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two reporters who realised the true significance of Gallipoli and conveyed it to the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussel 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReal Matildas, Cultural Cringers, Future Eaters and Forgotten People - and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemorably written and cohesive, this is the essential sourcebook of the words that made Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033002197232,"sku":"9781863955782","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781863955782_p0.jpg?v=1763601289","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781863955782","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}