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Australian Religious Thought Six Explorations by Wayne Hudson
$39.95 AUD
Category: Religion | Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser.
This book provides new perspectives on the relationship between religious thought and social reform in Australia. It argues that religious thought can be found in many intellectuals in Australia, both in the religiously inclined and in those who were not conventionally religious. Drawing together existi ...Show more
Circus and Stage: Theatrical Adventures in Asia, Europe and Australasia: The Lives of Rose Eouin and G B W Lewis by Mimi Colligan
$34.95 AUD
Category: Film & Performing Arts | Series: Australian studies
Rose Edouin (nee Bryer) and her husband, entrepreneur and circus performer George Benjamin William Lewis, have received little attention in the history of Australian theatre, and certainly few now would be aware of the achievements of this couple. Fame is ephemeral. For more than half a century, from 18 ...Show more
From Roadside to Recovery The Story of the Victorian State Accident Commision by Peter Bragge & Russell Gruen
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser.
In 1969 car crashes killed over 1000 Victorians, making Victoria's roads some of the world's most deadly. By 2016, the fatality rate had been cut by 85% and Victorians are now taking seriously the goal of eliminating death on the roads altogether.This extraordinary achievement is the product of sustaine ...Show more
The Life of Such Is Life - A Cultural History of an Australian Classic by Roger Osborne
$45.00 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking | Series: Sydney Studies in Australian Literature Ser.
Since its publication in 1903, Joseph Furphy's Such is Life has become established as an Australian classic. But which version of the novel is the authoritative text, and what does its history reveal about Australian cultural life?From Furphy's handwritten manuscript through numerous editions, a controv ...Show more
The US Lobby and Australian Defence Policy by Vince Scappatura
$39.95 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Australian Studies
Australian society and its leaders generally take for granted the importance and value of this nations relationship with the United States. The US is commonly thought of as the worlds great purveyor of liberal values and the rule of law, and as a powerful friend indispensable to Australian security. In ...Show more
Tinkering: Australians Reinvent DIY Culture by Katherine Wilson
$29.95 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking | Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser.
At a time when the labour-market is failing as a source of security and identity for many, domestic tinkering is emerging as a legitimate occupation in a way we have not seen since pre-industrial times. In Australia, practices of repair, invention, building, improvising and crafting, that take place in ...Show more
To Constitute a Nation - A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution by Helen Irving
$38.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Studies in Australian History Ser.
This imaginative and resonant book looks at the constitution as a cultural artifact. Irving looks beyond the well-known events, places and figures to locate federation and the constitution in the context of broader social, political and cultural changes. Despite its paradoxical construction, there is so ...Show more
Trendyville: The Battle for Australia's Inner Cities by Graeme Davison; Renate Howe; David Nichols
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Australian Studies
In the 1960s and 70s, Australia's inner cities experienced an upheaval which left them changed forever. People from all walks of life who valued their suburbs - places like Balmain, Battery Point, Carlton, Indooropilly, North Adelaide, or Subiaco - resisted large-scale development projects for freeways, ...Show more
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