Ebook: The lucky culture and the rise of an Australian ruling class

Countries don't get lucky; people do. THE LUCKY CULTURE tells the story of Australian exceptionalism, the unique national quality that transformed a raw, unbroken continent into the great civilisation of the south.;Prologue: An open go -- 1. The Australians -- 2. The spirit of progress -- 3. The flight from progress -- 4. The bunyip alumni -- 5. The godless -- 6. Wild life in suburbia -- 7. The renovators -- 8. The technocrats -- 9. The conscience constituency -- 10. The cultural producers -- 11. The academics -- 12. The moral persuaders -- 13. The idea of Australia -- Epilogue: A new country.