Murphy, Kate, 1981-
Fears and fantasies modernity, gender, and the rural-urban divide / [electronic resource] : Kate Murphy. - New York : Peter Lang, c2010. - viii, 260 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and index.
Introduction -- Urban fears and rural fantasies in the early twentieth century : the Australian and transnational contexts -- "Very decidedly decadent" : the birth rate in the rural-urban discourse -- Purity and impurity : venereal disease, the "girl problem" and the rural-urban divide -- "The modern idea is to bring the country into the city" : urban reformers and the ideal of rurality -- The "most dependable element of any country's manhood" : the modern rural space and masculinity -- The reconceptualization of the rural-urban divide, 1900-1930.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Country life--Australia.
Rural-urban relations--Australia.
Civilization, Modern.
Electronic books.
GT3471.A9 / M87 2010eb
307.74
Fears and fantasies modernity, gender, and the rural-urban divide / [electronic resource] : Kate Murphy. - New York : Peter Lang, c2010. - viii, 260 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and index.
Introduction -- Urban fears and rural fantasies in the early twentieth century : the Australian and transnational contexts -- "Very decidedly decadent" : the birth rate in the rural-urban discourse -- Purity and impurity : venereal disease, the "girl problem" and the rural-urban divide -- "The modern idea is to bring the country into the city" : urban reformers and the ideal of rurality -- The "most dependable element of any country's manhood" : the modern rural space and masculinity -- The reconceptualization of the rural-urban divide, 1900-1930.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Country life--Australia.
Rural-urban relations--Australia.
Civilization, Modern.
Electronic books.
GT3471.A9 / M87 2010eb
307.74