{"product_id":"the-eighties-the-decade-that-transformed-australia","title":"The Eighties","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America's Cup and the Bicentenary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then there were the events that left many scratching their heads: Joh for Canberra . . . the Australia Card . . . Cliff Young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Eighties, Frank Bongiorno brings all this and more to life. He uncovers forgotten stories - of factory workers proud of their skills who found themselves surplus to requirements; of Vietnamese families battling to make new lives for themselves in the suburbs. He sheds new light on 'both the ordinary and extraordinary things that happened to Australia and Australians during this liveliest of decades'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Eighties is contemporary history at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Frank Bongiorno has successfully negotiated the minefield of Australia's political egos to write the definitive account of an inspired, infuriating decade.' - George Megalogenis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Bongiorno is associate 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frank Bongiorno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42976549404841,"sku":"","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/9781863957762.jpg?v=1679018833","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-eighties-the-decade-that-transformed-australia","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}