Author: Allon, Fiona.
Title: Renovation Nation: Our Obsession with Home.
Description: Sydney University of New South Wales Press, 2008. 1st ed. Paperback octavo, very good condition, edges lightly toned, minor edgewear. 232 pp. Examines the remarkable amount of money Australians invest in home ownership. Asks why we have become so wrapped up in our homes. We are distorting our lives in the pursuit of prestige and tax-free capital gains as we play the real estate game with mindless passion. The great Australian dream of owning a home seems to have become the great Australian nightmare. But what about the national home? Is our anxiety about safety and security in a troubled world? ISBN: 9780868408781

Keywords: homes, architecture, australian society 9780868408781


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