Radical Newcastle

Name: Radical Newcastle
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781742232591
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Radical Newcastle explores the intriguing history of Newcastle, focusing on its vibrant political movements and the radical figures who have shaped its identity. Through an engaging narrative, the book unveils how Newcastle became a hotbed of revolutionary ideas and activism, offering insight into its unique contribution to regional and national politics. The authors combine historical accounts with compelling stories, providing a thought-provoking look at the city's legacy.
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Radical Newcastle

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Radical Newcastle

Radical Newcastle brings together short illustrated essays from leading scholars, local historians and present day radicals to document both the iconic events of the region's radical past, and less well known actions seeking social justice for workers, women, Aboriginal people and the environment

Description

The Star Hotel in Newcastle has become a site of defiance for the marginalised young and dispossessed working class. To understand the whole story of the Star Hotel riot, it should be seen in the context of other moments of resistance such as the 1890 Maritime Strike, Rothbury miners' lockout in 1929, and the recent battle for the Laman Street fig trees.

As Australia's first industrial city, Newcastle is also a natural home of radicalism. However, until now, the stories which reveal its breadth and impact have remained untold. Radical Newcastle brings together short illustrated essays from leading scholars, local historians, and present-day radicals to document both the iconic events of the region's radical past and less well-known actions seeking social justice for workers, women, Aboriginal people, and the environment.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742232591

Publisher: UNSW Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2015

Country: Australia

Imprint: UNSW Press

Illustration: 40 illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by James Bennett
Edited by Nancy Cushing
Edited by Erik Eklund

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 619g

Pages: 304

Collections

Education & Reference History & Military Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

James Bennett founded Radical Newcastle in 2010 and established the collective that has staged a number of public events to generate interest in the project and its objectives. He is a coeditor of Making Film and Television Histories: Australia and New Zealand. Nancy Cushing leads, with Erik Eklund and Julie McIntyre, the Newcastle Hunter Studies group which seeks to promote scholarly publishing on the history of the region. Erik Eklund is an award-winning historian whose work has appeared in major Australian journals and has covered a number of industrial and mining-focused regions across the country. He currently works at Federation University, a new institution with a specific focus on regional Australia.