Australia the Recreational Society Author:David Mosler From its very inception Australia has been a derivative society: First as part of the British Empire and then, soon after World War II, what Mosler considers the American Empire and the new end-of-century Americanized global culture. This has meant that Australia has struggled to attain its own identity. Mosler explores that struggle for nationa... more »l independence, a struggle that seems to be doomed to failure.« less