01875nam a2200349 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004100112020002700153040002100180035002100201043001200222050002600234082001500260100002500275245011200300260003600412300001700448504006600465505055800531533015201089650002901241650003801270650002601308655002901334710001701363856012601380999001901506ebr10517005CaPaEBRm u cr cn|||||||||091104s2010 nyu sb 001 0 eng d z 2009046483 z9781433109508 (hardcover alk. paper) z9781453900239 (e-book) aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR a(OCoLC)774287468 au-at---14aGT3471.A9bM87 2010eb04a307.742221 aMurphy, Kate,d1981-10aFears and fantasiesh[electronic resource] :bmodernity, gender, and the rural-urban divide /cKate Murphy. aNew York :bPeter Lang,cc2010. aviii, 260 p. aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and index.0 aIntroduction -- 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. aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2012.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aCountry lifezAustralia. 0aRural-urban relationszAustralia. 0aCivilization, Modern. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10517005zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view c121767d121767