The Seventies: The Personal, the Political and the Making of Modern Australia by Michelle Arrow

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Partial date due slip on inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Body text and binding are still very good.

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 were also the era when the personal became political, when the women's movement and gay and lesbian rights activists tore down the boundary between public and private life and reshaped Australia's culture.

In her engaging style, Michelle Arrow details how these movements rewrote our expectations of government and redrew our political allegiances. The Seventies offers a new history of this transformative decade, one that is more urgent and more resonant than ever. (back cover)

WINNER of the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for History