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Tinkering : Australians reinvent DIY culture / Katherine Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Katherine, author.
- Series:
- Monash Studies in Australian Society Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Repairing.
- Repairing--Australia.
- Self-service (Economics).
- Self-services (Economics)--Australia.
- Self-services (Economics).
- Do-it-yourself work.
- Australians--Attitudes--21st century.
- Australians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2017]
- Summary:
- Building on the work of historians, sociologists, psychologists, and economists, but with a journalist's impulse for the currency of her story, Katherine Wilson documents domestic tinkering as an undervalued form of material scholarship, social connection, psychological sanctuary, and political activism. Equal parts field guide and love letter,.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright and Imprint Information
- Detail of Daniel Moynihan's H W Tinker Truck, 2010 (inside cover image)
- Dedication
- Glossary
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Tinkering
- 2 Hindsight
- 3 Magic
- 4 Sanctuary
- 5 Home
- 6 Vocation
- 7 Risk
- 8 Utopia
- 9 Exhibition
- 10 Reform
- Select References
- About the Author
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-293).
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-925495-44-2
- OCLC:
- 1007521058
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