Abstract
This chapter presents a case study showing how the repressive forces of the state were brought to bear on anti-eviction struggles in Sydney during the 1930s Depression. This deployment was stridently called for by the respectable and the propertied, who saw their powers challenged and their interests threatened in a social imaginary of bedlam, loss and destruction.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Outrageous! Moral Panics in Australia |
| Editors | Scott Poynting, George Morgan |
| Place of Publication | Hobart, Tas |
| Publisher | ACYS |
| Pages | 30-39 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781875236596 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- moral panics
- depressions
- eviction
- civil rights
- Sydney
- N.S.W.
