Allen Unwin imprint: 1774 books
Constructing Capitalism
An economic history of eastern Australia, 1788-1901
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1989
In 1788, Australia was a gaol. In 1901 it was a liberal capitalist economy.
How were the convict settlements, scattered on the edge of a vast unexplored continent, transformed within little more than a century into a 'free enterprise' economy?
In tracing the forces engaged in that transformation,...
The Man Who Saved Smithy
Fighter pilot, pioneer aviator, hero: the life of Sir Gordon Taylor GC, MC
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Patrick Gordon 'Bill' Taylor was a pioneer of Australian aviation. As a fighter pilot during the First World War, he was awarded the Military Cross and discovered a life-long passion for flight and air navigation. Returning to Australia after the war, he became a close friend of Charles Kingsford...
How to amputate a leg
and other ways to stay out of trouble
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
I remember the advertisement to join the Army. It asked for guys who were fit, committed, tough, volunteer parachutists, comfortable in the ocean, and mature. As a surfer, that sounded like me - except for the mature bit.
Nathan Mullins is an ex-cop, ex-soldier, ex-security consultant and an...
by Ron Barassi
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Ron Barassi is an iconic figure in Australian sporting culture, with a record of personal and team success that is unrivalled. Beyond sport, he has become a greatly respected elder in our broader society.
In Wisdom, he shares with us 31 maxims and quotations that he has collected and which...
Jungle Tracks
Australian armour in Viet Nam
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
What was it like to sit in the drivers' and gunners' seats of the Australian tanks and armoured personnel carriers that fought in the Vietnam War? Jungle Tracks takes us into the thick of the battles, the ambushes and the horrendous mine incidents that claimed the lives of so many Australian soldiers.
Veterans...
The Missing Man
From the Outback to Tarakan, the Powerful Story of Len Waters, the RAAF's Only WWII Aboriginal Fighter Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
"You were the master of the machine . . . you were an airman." —Flying Officer Bob Crawford
Len Waters was a Kamilaroi man. Born on an Aboriginal reserve, he left school at 13 and by 20 was piloting a RAAF Kittyhawk fighter with 78 Squadron in the lethal skies over the Pacific in...
Dangerous Games
Australia at the 1936 Nazi Olympics
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015
Shortlisted for the 2015 William Hill Australian Sports Book of the Year Award
This is a tale of innocents abroad. Thirty-three athletes left Australia in May 1936 to compete in the Hitler Olympics in Berlin. Believing sporting competition was the best antidote to tyranny, they put their qualms...
by Jonathan King
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
'Yes, we could fight all right. Nobody could fight better than us diggers.' - Jack Buntine, veteran of Gallipoli and the Western Front
Great Battles in Australian History tells the story of the forty most remarkable conflicts involving Australians through the eyes of the great heroes who were...
Workers' Capital
Industry funds and the fight for universal superannuation in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
Superannuation was once a privilege granted only to company head office staff and career public servants. Now in Australia nearly all workers have access to employer-contributed superannuation, and it is a fundamental pillar of Australia's retirement income system.
Workers' Capital tells the...
Gittins' Gospel
The economics of just about everything
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Can any other economics guru claim to write the column in a daily newspaper that people turn to first?
Or to pack the auditorium at a literary festival?
Be it climate change, productivity, fairness, industrial relations, terrorism, media, the mining boom, the GFC, refugees and even economists...
Gittinomics
Living the good life without money stress, overwork and joyless consumption
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
Ross Gittins is the economics guru of Australia. He has the extremely rare and enviable knack of making economics relevant, accessible and, most importantly of all, interesting. And Ross is a man on a mission. He wants to help us to understand just how the economy around us works, and more importantly,...
by Trevor McClaughlin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
The women of Ireland, bond or free, have left a distinctive mark on Australia's population and culture.
Irish Women in Colonial Australia provides an intriguing picture of the richness and variety of the Irish experience in the making of a new nation. Ireland provided the majority of female...
Black Politics
Inside the complexity of Aboriginal political culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Why do Aboriginal communities struggle so hard to be heard in mainstream politics? How do remote and urban communities respond to frequent dramatic shifts in federal and state Aboriginal policies?
Since the early 1990s Aboriginal Australia has experienced profound political changes with very...
Positive
Living with HIV/AIDS
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2003
Positive is an account of a special life fearlessly told, as well as a chronicle of an era. Fifteen years ago, HIV and AIDS meant one thing - death. In 1984 David Menadue was one of the first people to be diagnosed with HIV in Australia. He was just 30 years old and thought it unlikely he would make...