Weevils In The Flour: An Oral Record Of The 1930's Depression In Australia
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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In the shadow of the Great Depression, ordinary Australians endured a decade of hardship, poverty, and resilience that would define a generation — and Weevils in the Flour brings their voices back to life with raw, unflinching power. Wendy Lowenstein's landmark oral history chronicles the lived experiences of hundreds of Australians who survived the 1930s depression, presenting their testimonies in their own words: the unemployed, the itinerant workers, the mothers stretching nothing into meals, and the activists who dared to demand change. This is social history at its most visceral and democratic, a mosaic of working-class memory that argues compellingly for the dignity of the forgotten. Lowenstein's methodology — rooted in meticulous interview-based research — illustrates how collective memory can illuminate the cracks in a nation's official narrative, giving voice to those who never made the history books. A cornerstone of Australian oral history literature, the book remains a haunting testament to what a society looks like when it is pushed to its very limits — and one that will leave the reader asking what lessons, if any, were ever truly learned.
Author: Wendy Lowenstein
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the shadow of the Great Depression, ordinary Australians endured a decade of hardship, poverty, and resilience that would define a generation — and Weevils in the Flour brings their voices back to life with raw, unflinching power. Wendy Lowenstein's landmark oral history chronicles the lived experiences of hundreds of Australians who survived the 1930s depression, presenting their testimonies in their own words: the unemployed, the itinerant workers, the mothers stretching nothing into meals, and the activists who dared to demand change. This is social history at its most visceral and democratic, a mosaic of working-class memory that argues compellingly for the dignity of the forgotten. Lowenstein's methodology — rooted in meticulous interview-based research — illustrates how collective memory can illuminate the cracks in a nation's official narrative, giving voice to those who never made the history books. A cornerstone of Australian oral history literature, the book remains a haunting testament to what a society looks like when it is pushed to its very limits — and one that will leave the reader asking what lessons, if any, were ever truly learned.