xviii, 200 pages, 8 unnumbered unnumberd pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 24 cm
Series
Monash Studies in Australian History
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Precursors : Melbourne in the postwar period -- 2. A decade of turbulence : 1965-1975 -- 3. Patricians, trendies and radicals : the universtiy and urban activism -- 4. What are we fighting for? : Melbourn's residences' associations -- 5. The rise of community politics -- 6. Big brawls -- 7. Quiet revolutions : North Adelaide and Subiaco -- 8. Grassroots participation -- 9. Gentrification and trendification -- 10. A new paradigm? : Trendyville in the twenty-first century
Summary
This book is an in-depth examination of the causes and consequences of urban protest in a democracy. It shows how it changed the built environment as well as its participants, and resonated in many of our institutions including politics, media and multiculturalism
