9781921867422-1921867426-Trendyville: The Battle for Australia's Inner Cities (Australian Studies)

Trendyville: The Battle for Australia's Inner Cities (Australian Studies)

ISBN-13: 9781921867422
ISBN-10: 1921867426
Author: David Nichols, Renate Howe, Graeme Davison
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
Format: Paperback 226 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781921867422
ISBN-10: 1921867426
Author: David Nichols, Renate Howe, Graeme Davison
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
Format: Paperback 226 pages

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Trendyville: The Battle for Australia's Inner Cities (Australian Studies) (ISBN-13: 9781921867422 and ISBN-10: 1921867426), written by authors David Nichols, Renate Howe, Graeme Davison, was published by Monash University Publishing in 2014. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Trendyville: The Battle for Australia's Inner Cities (Australian Studies) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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In the 1960s and 70s, Australia's inner cities experienced an upheaval which left them changed forever. People from all walks of life who valued their suburbs - places like Balmain, Battery Point, Carlton, Indooropilly, North Adelaide, or Subiaco - resisted large-scale development projects for freeways, 'slum clearance,' and mass-produced high rises. Unlikely alliances - of post-war migrants, university students and staff, construction workers and their unions, long-term residents and city workers - challenged land-grabs and inappropriate development. When the dust settled, Australian cities were different. Many suburbs kept their village qualities. Shopping strips were revived and cultures celebrated. While areas like Fitzroy or Redcliff were derided as 'Trendyville,' the fate many American cities suffered - a 'hollow core' - had been avoided. In the process, heritage conservation, party politics, and Australian assumptions about domestic life, education, and lifestyle had all been tr

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