BORN IN 1960?.. Birthday.... Australian Social History... GLOSSY HARD COVER

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                                                             BORN IN 1960?  WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?

In 1960, Oz women were said to be drunks, Princess Margaret can now expect to have free photos taken, and professional tennis came via Jack Kramer to this fair land.  The concept of male nurses was raised, Arthur Calwell’s dead hand fell on the Labour Party, William Dobell was said to tricked the Art World on April Fools Day, and two especially gory murders were committed in Maitland.  And, can you believe it, a few men were admitted to hospitals during the labours of women.  Has the new idea of the equality of the sexes gone too far?  

This  is a HARD COVER version of this Title.  It looks and feels great, with slightly larger print for oldies.  It makes a perfect gift for special people.

It is the 12th of 32 books in a series that covers Australian social history, in the 32 years from 1939 to 1970.  Each year-book in the Series tells about the large number of newsworthy events that happened in that year.

 

To get the material for the books, the writer, Ron Williams, worked his way through newspapers, magazines, books, and other sources, day by day until he came up with most of the major events and ideas, and trivia, of those years.  He presents them in a thoroughly readable book, with a mixture of humour and gravitas.  

All books are pitched at oldies who are not as young as they were.   When people get a bit older, they become more reflective on their lives, and they place more value on their partners, and families, and friends from yesteryear. And about this time, nostalgia edges into their lives, and they start to look back at their teens, and dwell on their early years and childhood, and inevitably, their parents. 

When their birthdays come round,  they celebrate it with family, friends and neighbours.  It is a time for reminiscence and memories, and the "good old days" get many a mention.  But when .it gets back to their year of birth, the year it all started for them, they can't remember a thing 

 

IN FACT, MOST PEOPLE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEIR YEAR OF BIRTH

 

This then is the story of how society reacted to  changed circumstances, and how they they ultimately found a brave new world where things were better than they had ever been before.  Maybe.

 

All books  are printed on quality paper with a quality cover, and Perfect Bound for durability.  They are printed in black-and-white, and in the style of the newspapers of those earlier days.

 

They are ideal gifts for oldies’ birthdays.  Nostalgics will love them. People will actually read them, and then pass them it on.  

 

  The following year-books are currently available :

WAR BABIES BOOKS:  1939 to 1945 (7 Titles)

BOOM BABY BOOKS:  1946 to 1960 (15 Titles)

POST BOOM BOOKS:  1961 to 1970  (10 Titles)

They are all described in my BOOMBOOKS Store (see my logo above, top right)  

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THE AUTHOR:  Ron Williams is a retired teacher, mathematician,   computer-man, political scientist, farmer and writer.  He has a BA from Sydney, and a Masters in Social Work and a PhD in Political Science from Hawaii.

 

 

ABOUT THESE BOOKS …  But after that, I realized that I really knew very little about these parents  of mine. They had been born about the start of the Twentieth Century, and they died in 1970 and 1980.  For their last 50 years, I was old enough to speak with a bit of sense.

I could have talked to them a lot about their lives. I could have found out about the times they lived in.  But I did not.  I know almost nothing about them really. Their courtship? Working in the pits? The Lock-out in the Depression? Losing their second child? Being dusted as a miner? The shootings at Rothbury? My uncles killed in the War? Love on the dole? There were hundreds, thousands of questions that I would now like to ask them.  But, alas, I can’t. It’s too late.

 

Thus, prompted by my guilt, I resolved to write these books. They describe happenings that affected people, real people.  The whole series is, to coin a modern phrase, designed to push your buttons, to make you remember and wonder at things forgotten. The books might just let nostalgia see the light of day, so that oldies and youngies will talk about the past and re-discover a heritage otherwise forgotten.  Hopefully, they will spark discussions between generations, and foster the asking and answering of questions that should not remain unanswered.  

  • Condition: Brand new
  • ISBN: 9780648771678
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Type: Textbook
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Publication Name: Børn in 1960? (Pb)
  • Author: Ron Williams
  • Publisher: Boom Books
  • Subject: History
  • Number of Pages: 184 Pages

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