{"product_id":"2026200014438-secondhand-australias-home-why-australians-built-the-way-they-did","title":"Australia's Home: Why Australians Built The Way They Did","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does a house reveal about the people who built it? Robin Boyd's landmark work Australia's Home: Why Australians Built the Way They Did answers this question with sharp wit and formidable scholarship, tracing the evolution of the Australian domestic dwelling from its colonial origins to its mid-twentieth-century suburban sprawl. Boyd chronicles the peculiar forces — cultural cringe, geographic isolation, and an anxious aspiration toward respectability — that shaped the iconic Australian home, from the humble worker's cottage to the ornate Victorian terrace and the ubiquitous red-brick bungalow.\n\nFirst published in 1952, this seminal text remains one of the most incisive critiques of Australian taste and national identity ever written. Boyd, one of Australia's most celebrated architects and cultural commentators, writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that is as entertaining as it is authoritative, skewering pretension while celebrating genuine vernacular ingenuity. Presented here with a foreword by renowned historian Geoffrey Blainey, the work transcends architectural history to become a penetrating study of the Australian character itself — leaving the reader to wonder whether the homes Australians built were mirrors of who they were, or blueprints for who they hoped to become.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216198508763,"sku":"2026200014438-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b110d9d3-9321-4ac6-b16a-d89647ce986d.png?v=1788405150","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014438-secondhand-australias-home-why-australians-built-the-way-they-did","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}