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This book explores the fin de siècle, an era of powerful global
movements and turbulent transition, in Australia and beyond through
a series of biographical microhistories. From the first wave
feminist Rose Summerfield and the working class radical John Dwyer,
to the indigenous rights advocate David Unaipon and the poet
Christopher Brennan, Hearn traces the transnational identities,
philosophies, ideas and cultures that characterised this era.
Examining the struggles and aspirations of fin de siècle lives;
respect for the rights of women and indigenous peoples, the
injustices and hardship inflicted on working men and women, and the
ways in which they imagined a better world, this book examines the
transformation and renewal brought about by fin de siècle ideas.
It examines the distinctive characteristics of this ‘great
acceleration’ of economic, technological and cultural forces that
swept the globe at the turn of the 19th century both within an
Australian context and on the world stage. Asserting that the fin
de siècle was significant for the making of modern Australia, and
demonstrating the impact Australian fin de siècle lives had on the
transnational and global movements of the era, Mark Hearn traces
the turbulent nature of the fin de siècle imagination in
Australia, and its response to these dynamic forces.
This book explores the fin de siecle, an era of powerful global
movements and turbulent transition, in Australia and beyond through
a series of biographical microhistories. From the first wave
feminist Rose Summerfield and the working class radical John Dwyer,
to the indigenous rights advocate David Unaipon and the poet
Christopher Brennan, Hearn traces the transnational identities,
philosophies, ideas and cultures that characterised this era.
Examining the struggles and aspirations of fin de siecle lives;
respect for the rights of women and indigenous peoples, the
injustices and hardship inflicted on working men and women, and the
ways in which they imagined a better world, this book examines the
transformation and renewal brought about by fin de siecle ideas. It
examines the distinctive characteristics of this 'great
acceleration' of economic, technological and cultural forces that
swept the globe at the turn of the 19th century both within an
Australian context and on the world stage. Asserting that the fin
de siecle was significant for the making of modern Australia, and
demonstrating the impact Australian fin de siecle lives had on the
transnational and global movements of the era, Mark Hearn traces
the turbulent nature of the fin de siecle imagination in Australia,
and its response to these dynamic forces.
This 2006 book is an innovative reconsideration of a changing and
contested domain in society. New essays from scholars at the
University of Sydney are structured around the themes of time,
space and discourse to highlight the value-laden and constructed
nature of these categories as they are applied to the organisation
of our working lives. Contributors draw from their expertise in
strategic management, organisational theory, labour and business
history, law, economics, industrial relations, human resource
management, geography, and discourse and narrative analysis. Their
stimulating chapters in Rethinking Work reflect that the study of
work must itself be capable of adaptation to the profound changes
reshaping this most powerful expression of human relationships and
experience.
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) has been one of the most
influential unions in Australia's political and industrial history.
From its beginnings as a sheep shearers union, it became known as a
champion of compulsory arbitration, fighting for improvements in
wages and conditions through the industrial courts. In the first
part of the 20th century it expanded by amalgamating with other
unions, its aim being the creation of one big union. Indeed the AWU
became Australia's largest union, operating in all Australian
states and across a wide range of industries. The book shows that
the union has been a player in key events and crises in Australian
history, including the great strikes of the 1890s, the 1916-17
conscription crisis, Labor's splits in the 1950s and the 1956
shearers' strike. The book features vivid portraits of the unique
individuals who matched these great issues.
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