Fears and fantasies : modernity, gender and the rural-urban divide /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Murphy, Kate, 1940-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Peter Lang, [2010]
Subjects:	Country life > Australia. Rural-urban relations > Australia. Civilization, Modern.

Table of Contents:

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 reconceptualisation of the rural-urban divide, 1900-1930.