Struggletown

McCalman, Janet
Struggletown

Struggletown

McCalman, Janet

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'The old Struggletowners, if they could see it now, would not believe their eyes.'

In Struggletown, Janet McCalman takes us into the inner-city industrial working-class suburb of Richmond, in Melbourne, before the gentrification of the 1970s. This is a narrative richly informed by the voices and memories of those who lived there during this time-the Struggletowners themselves-as well as by McCalman's familiarity with the objects, buildings and topography of their physical environment and her impressive awareness of larger social forces, structures and patterns.
As urban life continues to develop in new directions and complex human and political relations suggest new futures, the difficulty and necessity of remembering, now, also lends this classic work a palpable new relevance.

Author:   McCalman, Janet
Publisher:   Melbourne University Press
ISBN:  

9780522877182


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   02 February 2021
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'The old Struggletowners, if they could see it now, would not believe their eyes.'

In Struggletown, Janet McCalman takes us into the inner-city industrial working-class suburb of Richmond, in Melbourne, before the gentrification of the 1970s. This is a narrative richly informed by the voices and memories of those who lived there during this time-the Struggletowners themselves-as well as by McCalman's familiarity with the objects, buildings and topography of their physical environment and her impressive awareness of larger social forces, structures and patterns.
As urban life continues to develop in new directions and complex human and political relations suggest new futures, the difficulty and necessity of remembering, now, also lends this classic work a palpable new relevance.

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Author:   McCalman, Janet
Publisher:   Melbourne University Press
ISBN:  

9780522877182


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   02 February 2021
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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