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Record Nr.

UNINA9910667974303321

Autore

Colman Jim

Titolo

House that Jack built : Jack Mundey, green bans hero / / Jim Colman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, Australia : , : New South, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-74224-781-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Disciplina

331.880924

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Foreword by Bob Carr; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: From the dairy to the big smoke; Chapter 2: How green was my valley... or was it?; Chapter 3: A city and a river; Chapter 4: Grass-roots stirrings; Chapter 5: Big issues, big battles; Chapter 6: Strange bedfellows; Chapter 7: After the bans; Chapter 8: Today and tomorrow; Epilogue by Joan Domicelj; Endnote by Meredith Burgmann; Appendix 1: Key Events in the evolution of the conservation movement in Australia and internationally; Appendix 2: Jack Mundey - Honours and awards

Appendix 3: Jack Mundey - Life/career chronologyAppendix 4: Select list of green bans sites c. 1970s; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This is the story of how an ordinary bloke from the bush launched a movement that would change the character of Australia's towns and cities, and bring about lasting political and legislative reform. This is the story of the house that Jack Mundey built."--Back cover.