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.


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Country life--Australia.
Rural-urban relations--Australia.
Civilization, Modern.


Electronic books.

GT3471.A9 / M87 2010eb

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