The Eighties

The Decade That Transformed Australia

Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania, Modern, 20th Century
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Author: Frank Bongiorno ISBN: 9781925203592
Publisher: Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd Publication: January 12, 2017
Imprint: Black Inc. Language: English
Author: Frank Bongiorno
ISBN: 9781925203592
Publisher: Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd
Publication: January 12, 2017
Imprint: Black Inc.
Language: English

Winner of the ACT Book of the Year Award

It was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America’s Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial decade in Australian history, with high-flying entrepreneurs booming and busting, torrid debates over land rights and immigration, the advent of AIDS, a harsh recession and the rise of the New Right.

It was a time when Australians fought for social change – on union picket lines, at rallies for women’s rights and against nuclear weapons, and as part of a new environmental movement.

And then there were the events that left many scratching their heads: Joh for Canberra . . . the Australia Card . . . Cliff Young.

In The Eighties, Frank Bongiorno brings all this and more to life. He sheds new light on ‘both the ordinary and extraordinary things that happened to Australia and Australians during this liveliest of decades’.

Shortlisted for the 2016 Ernest Scott Prize, the 2016 CHASS Australia Prize and the 2016 NSW Premier's History Prize.

‘The definitive account of an inspired, infuriating decade’ —George Megalogenis

‘A very impressive achievement’ —the Monthly

‘Meaty and entertaining’ —the Australian

Frank Bongiorno is professor of history at the Australian National University and author of the award-winning The Sex Lives of Australians. He has written for the Monthly, the Australian and Inside Story.

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Winner of the ACT Book of the Year Award

It was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America’s Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial decade in Australian history, with high-flying entrepreneurs booming and busting, torrid debates over land rights and immigration, the advent of AIDS, a harsh recession and the rise of the New Right.

It was a time when Australians fought for social change – on union picket lines, at rallies for women’s rights and against nuclear weapons, and as part of a new environmental movement.

And then there were the events that left many scratching their heads: Joh for Canberra . . . the Australia Card . . . Cliff Young.

In The Eighties, Frank Bongiorno brings all this and more to life. He sheds new light on ‘both the ordinary and extraordinary things that happened to Australia and Australians during this liveliest of decades’.

Shortlisted for the 2016 Ernest Scott Prize, the 2016 CHASS Australia Prize and the 2016 NSW Premier's History Prize.

‘The definitive account of an inspired, infuriating decade’ —George Megalogenis

‘A very impressive achievement’ —the Monthly

‘Meaty and entertaining’ —the Australian

Frank Bongiorno is professor of history at the Australian National University and author of the award-winning The Sex Lives of Australians. He has written for the Monthly, the Australian and Inside Story.

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