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It had been the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America's Glass and the Bicentenary. It had been possibly the most controversial ten years in Australian record, with high-flying enterprisers flourishing and busting, torrid debates over land rights and immigration, the advent of Supports, a harsh tough economy and the rise of the brand new Right. It had been a period when Australians fought for social change - on union picket lines, at rallies for women's rights and against nuclear weaponry and as part of a fresh environmental movement. And then there were the incidents that remaining many scratching their heads: Joh for Canberra...the Australia Card...Cliff Young. In The Eighties, Frank Bongiorno brings all of this and more to life. He uncovers ignored stories - of manufacturer workers proud of their skills who found themselves surplus to requirements; of Vietnamese families battling to make new lives for themselves in the suburbs. He sheds new light on 'both the ordinary and incredible things that occurred to Australia and Australians in this liveliest of ages'. The Eighties is modern day record at its best. Frank Bongiorno is associate professor of record at the Australian National University and author of the award-winning The Gender Lives of Australians. He has written for The Monthly, The Australian and Inside History.
