Fighting Back The Politics of the Unemployed in Victoria in the Great Depression

by Fox, Charlie

• ISBN13: 9780522849011
• ISBN10: 0522849016
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-10
• Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Summary

A history of the unemployed movement during the Great Depression in Victoria. This book chronicles the political action taken by unemployed workers and the issues they faced. It aims to demonstrate the complexity of the politics of unemployment, both then and now. Includes index, notes, and select bibliography. Author is a teacher in the History Department of the University of Western Australia. Previous books include 'Working Australia', joint winner of the 1992 Keith Hancock History Prize.

Author Biography

Charles Fox has been teaching in the history department of the University of Western Australia since 1989, having studied and taught for several years in the history department at the University of Melbourne. His previous books include Australians at Work with Marilyn Lake; Working Australia (winner of the 1992 Keith Hancock History Prize); Historical Refractions; and Under Blue Skies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(9)
Fighting Back Today	10	(36)
Organising	46	(34)
Families and Struggle	80	(37)
Single Unemployed Workers	117	(22)
Shelter	139	(22)
Striking on the Dole	161	(31)
Relief Work Struggles	192	(27)
Fighting for the Right to be Heard	219	(22)
Conclusion	241	(5)
Notes	246	(22)
Select Bibliography	268	(9)
Index	277