Radical Perth, militant Fremantle / edited by Charlie Fox, Bobbie Oliver and Lenore Layman.

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AuthorFox, Charles Elmer, editor; Oliver, Bobbie, 1951-, editor; Layman, Lenore, editorDescriptionWhen three Western Australian historians first thought of writing a book called Radical Perth, Militant Fremantle many people laughed. â€œMilitant Freo, OK, but Radical Perth? Surely thatâ€™s an oxymoronâ€, laughed one. â€œThatâ€™s gonna be a short bookâ€, joked another. In fact, we came up with dozens of topics in no time at all. The editors of this collection have chosen 31 short and fascinating stories of radical moments in the citiesâ€™ past from as long ago as the 1890s and as recent as Occupy: â€˜Bloody Sundayâ€™ battles on the wharves, the Chinese communityâ€™s fight for survival, Perthâ€™s Red Dean and his rock masses, bodgies and widgies at Scarboroughâ€™s Snake Pit, Midlandâ€™s Red Square, womenâ€™s apron parades in the 1950s, Fremantleâ€™s Rajneeshees, the Point Peron Womenâ€™s Peace Camp, and many more. This book records Perth and Fremantleâ€™s radical pasts, uncovering the obscure and neglected, and re-framing the better known, as well as mapping Perth and Fremantleâ€™s radical geographies. This engaging and informative book inspires those who work for change and opens new windows on Perth and Fremantleâ€™s pasts. In short, it has rewritten their histories.ImprintPerth WA : Black Swan Press, Curtin University, 2017.Collationxv, 283 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.LanguageEnglishDate Published2017NotesIncludes bibliographical references and index.ISBN9780995441552 ((paperback))Dewey Class303.484 RADPublication FormatBook

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Barcode30118000570923LocationReference Collection

SubjectProtest movementsPolitics and governmentCollectionPublications Collection

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