{"product_id":"2026100010156-secondhand-the-legend-of-the-nineties","title":"The Legend Of The Nineties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the sunburned decades that forged a nation, the 1890s stood as Australia's most mythologised era — and Vance Palmer's The Legend of the Nineties argues with passionate conviction that this turbulent period gave birth to the country's most enduring cultural and national identity. Palmer chronicles the rise of a distinctly Australian consciousness, mapping the intellectual, literary, and social currents that swept through the bush, the shearers' camps, and the radical labour movement, presenting the nineties not merely as a historical epoch but as a crucible of national mythology.\n\nPalmer writes with the authority of a man who understood Australia's literary tradition from the inside, bringing a critic's precision and a patriot's warmth to his argument that the figures and forces of the 1890s — from Henry Lawson to the nascent trade union movement — permanently shaped the Australian character. The Legend of the Nineties stands as a landmark work of cultural history and literary criticism, essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand how a young, raw continent forged an identity through struggle, mateship, and artistic expression. Whether Palmer's legend is a romantic construction or an enduring truth is a question this remarkable work leaves tantalisingly unresolved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160883273947,"sku":"2026100010156-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ed005033-7632-4b09-8a18-0b6edd5ad52d.png?v=1787187917","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010156-secondhand-the-legend-of-the-nineties","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}