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Autore: | Haigh Gideon |
Titolo: | The racket : how abortion became legal in Australia / / Gideon Haigh |
Pubblicazione: | Carlton, Vic. : , : Melbourne University Press Digital, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (405 pages) |
Disciplina: | 363.460994 |
Soggetto topico: | Abortion - Australia - History |
Abortion - Law and legislation - Australia | |
Women - Crimes against - Australia | |
Women - Australia - Social conditions | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliography and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; 'The girl is killed and I will be hanged'; 'I won't be alive in the morning'; 'Not a fit subject for debate'; 'That old bastard, he knew'; 'It's not what you say; it's what we say you say'; 'Boys in a man's world'; 'She was only dangerous at times'; 'Hell, we all do it ... '; 'The b-b-better man won'; 'I don't think it has anything to do with you'; 'Look here Doctor, I might have to arrest you'; 'Didn't you know they were so close to you?'; 'I don't know whether to shoot myself '; 'See you in hell, sweetie'; Epilogue: 'The choice for me' |
Sommario/riassunto: | A generation ago in Australia, abortion was a crime. It was also the basis of one of the country's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets. The Racket describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of influence, which culminated in the landmark ruling that made abortion legal, and a public inquiry that humiliated a powerful government and a glamorous police force. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The racket |
ISBN: | 0-522-85912-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910793506303321 |
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