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Volunteering : why we can't survive without it / Melanie Oppenheimer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oppenheimer, Melanie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Voluntarism--Australia--20th century.
- Voluntarism.
- Volunteers--Australia.
- Volunteers.
- Volunteer workers in social service--Australia--20th century.
- Volunteer workers in social service.
- Country Women's Association of Australia--History.
- Country Women's Association of Australia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney : UNSW Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Timely, lively and unflagging in its coverage of an extraordinary range of organisations and individuals, Volunteering takes the first comprehensive look at why Australians give so much of their time for free
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface: Why volunteering?; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part 1 Introduction; Volunteering: What is it?; The Australian way of volunteering; Part II War and Peace 1939-1970; Volunteering for victory; Citizenship awakening; New ideas, new directions; Part III Becoming visible 1970-2008; Pushing the boundaries; Swimming against the stream; Counting for something; Conclusion: Looking to the future; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-74224-043-7
- 1-74223-070-9
- OCLC:
- 476256142
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