Renovation nation
Subtitle: our obsession with home
By: Fiona Allon.
Publisher: New South
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780868408781
Subjects: National characteristics, Australian; Home ownership -- Social aspects -- Australia; Home ownership -- Economic aspects -- Australia; Housing -- Australia; Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1990-; Australia -- Politics and government -- 1990-2001
Description: "This is an intelligent, savvy account of home in all its manifestations. It's about our fetish for home and ownership. Why are Australians so obsessed with interest rates, home ownership, home beautification, investment properties, real estate? Fiona Allon looks at our own homes--why we renovate, why shows like The Block were so incredibly popular, why housing affordability has become one of the key political and social issues--and finds that we have become more inward looking than ever. She also looks at the national 'home', and at why we became so anxious about keeping some people out of the country, or away from places some thought they owned, like Cronulla Beach."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-226).
Table of contents: title: It's the culture, stupid!; title: Building on the block; title: The wealth effect; title: Keeping the dream alive; title: Fear and the family home; title: Heritage with a difference; title: Fortress Australia; title: We grew here, you flew here; title: The limits of home?