Weevils in the Flour: An Oral Record of the 1930's Depression in Australia by Wendy Lowenstein

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Pages, inside covers and foredges are sunned. Light foxing to right foredge. Previous owner has signed inside page.

This is a magnificent oral record of the experiences of ordinary Australians during the Great Depression of the 1930s and has remained in print since its publication in 1978.

What does the family breadwinner do after suddenly getting the sack? How do you manage when you are working every second week only, or your wages — but not your mortgage — have been cut by 20 per cent?

Working for the dole, living in shanty towns, squatting in empty buildings, standing forever in queues, being despised by bureaucrats, slowly losing self-respect — all these experiences and more are described vividly within these pages. (back cover)