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dc.contributor.authorJenvey, Lian
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-05
dc.date.available2010-12-05
dc.date.issued2010-12-01
dc.identifier.citationBusiness Schools and History: proceedings of the second annual conference of AAHANZBS, 16-17 December 2010, The University of Sydney / edited by Greg Patmoreen_AU
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-74210-208-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2123/7059
dc.descriptionNot refereed. Abstract only.en_AU
dc.description.abstractThis paper will address the conference themes of ‘class, power and social structure’ through examining industrial and ideological conflict during World War II. The paper will also address the theme of ‘class and culture’ through an examination of working-class cultural expression as a means of resistance to the government’s wartime offensive. What is overlooked in most histories of World War II is the working-class experience of the war and their understanding of nationalism, particularly as nationalism was cynically exploited by the government to undermine working-class identity and solidarity. The paper will investigate the experience of one of the most militant sections of the Australian working class: the Miners. Primary source material such as the Miners’ journal Common Cause and union records reveal opposition to the war and a much more ambiguous attitude to the national sentiment used to justify Australia’s involvement. The Miners provide an interesting case study as the union was led by the Communist Party. Therefore the union leadership initially opposed to the war then became enthusiastic supporters when Russia entered the war on the allied side. It is clear that the Miners’ union leadership found it difficult to convince the rank and file to support the war. The paper will focus upon rank and file attitudes to the war and Australian nationalism particularly during times of industrial unrest.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThe symposium is organised on behalf of AAHANZBS by the Business and Labour History Group, The University of Sydney, with the financial support of the University’s Faculty of Economics and Business.en_AU
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherBusiness and Labour History Group, The University of Sydneyen_AU
dc.rightsThe author retains copyright of this work.en_AU
dc.title‘The war is a money making show’: Working-Class Attitudes to World War II and Australian Nationalismen_AU
dc.typeConference paperen_AU


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