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Renovation Nation [electronic resource] : Our Obsession with Home.

Renovation Nation [electronic resource] : Our Obsession...

Renovation Nation [electronic resource] : Our Obsession with Home.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxED65J4b

Renovation Nation [electronic resource] : Our Obsession with Home.

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Full title

Renovation Nation [electronic resource] : Our Obsession with Home.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Sydney : University of NSW Press, 2008.

Date

2008.

Record Identifier

74VvxED65J4b

MMS ID

991016784989702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (238 p.)

Contents

Contents; Introduction; It's the culture, stupid!; Building on The Block; The wealth effect; Keeping the Dream alive; Fear and the family home; Heritage with a difference; Fortress Australia; We grew here, you flew here; The limits of home?; Conclusion; Sources; Index.

Publication information

Publisher

Sydney : University of NSW Press, 2008.

Date Published

2008.

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

Renovation Nation asks why we have become so wrapped up in our homes. It explores the ways 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. Fixated on interest rates and surrounded by headlines about housing affordability, we remain determined to make our homes...

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Full title

Renovation Nation [electronic resource] : Our Obsession with Home.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Description based upon print version of record.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

74VvxED65J4b

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxED65J4b

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9781742230368

DDC

363.5 643.7

MMS ID

991016784989702626