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The seventies : the personal, the political and the making of modern Australia / Michelle Arrow.

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ISBN	9781742234700
Author	Arrow, Michelle (author.)
Title	The seventies : the personal, the political and the making of modern Australia / Michelle Arrow.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2019.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	©2019.
Description	296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-283) and index.
Summary	The Seventies was the decade that shaped modern Australia. It was the decade of `It's Time', stagflation and the Dismissal, a tumultuous period of economic and political upheaval. But the Seventies was also the era when the personal became political, when we had a Royal Commission into Human Relationships and when social movements tore down the boundary between public and private life. Women wanted childcare, equal pay, protection from violence and agency to shape their own lives. In the process, the reforms they sought and achieved, at least in part reshaped Australia's culture and rewrote our expectations of government. In a lively and engaging style, Michelle Arrow has written a new history of this transformative decade; one that is more urgent, and more resonant, than ever.
Subjects	Nineteen seventies
	Australia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
	Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
	Australia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
	Australia -- History -- 20th century
Call number	2019.123

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00933464	2019.123	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .