{"product_id":"9781742234700","title":"The Seventies","description":"Author: Michelle Arrow\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781742234700\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NewSouth Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2020\u0026amp;nbsp;NSW Premier's Literary Awards\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003cb\u003eDouglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review's\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.australianbookreview.com.au\/abr-online\/current-issue\/704-books-of-the-year\/6061-books-of-the-year-2019\"\u003e(read more here)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn1970 homosexuality was illegal, \u003ci\u003eGod Savethe Queen\u003c\/i\u003e was our national anthem and women pretended to be married to accessthe pill. By the end of the decade conscription was scrapped, tertiaryeducation was free, access to abortion had improved, the White Australia policywas abolished and a woman read the news on the ABC for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheSeventies was the decade that shaped modern Australia. It was the decade of'It's Time', stagflation and the Dismissal, a tumultuous period of economic andpolitical upheaval. But the Seventies was also the era when the personal becamepolitical, when we had a Royal Commission into Human Relationships and when socialmovements tore down the boundary between public and private life. Women wantedchildcare, equal pay, protection from violence and agency to shape their ownlives. In the process, the reforms they sought - and achieved, at least in part - reshaped Australia's culture and rewrote our expectations of government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIna lively and engaging style, Michelle Arrow has written a new history of thistransformative decade; one that is more urgent, and more resonant, than ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'At last, personal politics as national history. In lucid and nimble prose, Michelle Arrow demonstrates that - in the 1970s at least - it was about the relationships, stupid. A revelation.' - Clare Wright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46680752619678,"sku":"ADS-9781742234700","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781742234700.jpg?v=1775545295","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781742234700","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}