The Resource We'll show the world : expo 88 : Brisbane's almighty struggle for a little bit of cred, Jackie Ryan
We'll show the world : expo 88 : Brisbane's almighty struggle for a little bit of cred, Jackie Ryan
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- Summary
- How did one long and expensive party change a city forever? World Expo 88 was the largest, longest, and strangest of Australia's bicentennial events. A shiny 1980s amalgam of shopping mall, cultural precinct, theme park, travelogue, and rock concert, the Expo 88 behemoth is commonly credited as the catalyst for Brisbane's 'coming of age'. So how did one long and expensive party change a city forever? We'll Show the World lifts the curtain on Expo 88. It explores the shifting social and political environment in which Expo 88 was conceived, planned, and executed - an environment shaped as much by Queensland's controversial premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen as it was by those who reacted against his protracted and authoritarian reign. This book considers how an event once mocked as a 'Joh Show' became the people's party, and how something initially greeted with outrage, scepticism, or indifference came to mean so much to so many. Published to coincide with the celebration of Expo's 30th birthday, We'll Show the World is the story of how, to Brisbane, Expo was personal
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
- Isbn
- 9780702259906
- Label
- We'll show the world : expo 88 : Brisbane's almighty struggle for a little bit of cred
- Title
- We'll show the world
- Title remainder
- expo 88 : Brisbane's almighty struggle for a little bit of cred
- Statement of responsibility
- Jackie Ryan
- Title variation
- Expo 88
- Title variation remainder
- Brisbane's almighty struggle for a little bit of cred
- Subject
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- Brisbane (Qld.) -- History -- 20th century
- trueBrisbane, Queensland -- History -- 20th century
- Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau), 1988, Brisbane, Qld -- Social aspects
- History -- Study and teaching -- Australia
- trueAustralia -- History -- 20th century
- trueSocial sciences
- trueLocal history
- trueAustralian
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- How did one long and expensive party change a city forever? World Expo 88 was the largest, longest, and strangest of Australia's bicentennial events. A shiny 1980s amalgam of shopping mall, cultural precinct, theme park, travelogue, and rock concert, the Expo 88 behemoth is commonly credited as the catalyst for Brisbane's 'coming of age'. So how did one long and expensive party change a city forever? We'll Show the World lifts the curtain on Expo 88. It explores the shifting social and political environment in which Expo 88 was conceived, planned, and executed - an environment shaped as much by Queensland's controversial premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen as it was by those who reacted against his protracted and authoritarian reign. This book considers how an event once mocked as a 'Joh Show' became the people's party, and how something initially greeted with outrage, scepticism, or indifference came to mean so much to so many. Published to coincide with the celebration of Expo's 30th birthday, We'll Show the World is the story of how, to Brisbane, Expo was personal
- Award
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- Queensland Literary Awards, History Book Award, 2018.
- Queensland Literary Awards, Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance, 2018.
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- 10690063
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ryan, Jackie
- Dewey number
- 994.31
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau)
- Local history
- Social sciences
- History
- Brisbane (Qld.)
- Target audience
- adult
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- Expo '88
- Label
- We'll show the world : expo 88 : Brisbane's almighty struggle for a little bit of cred, Jackie Ryan
- Note
- Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- still image
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- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061301833
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780702259906
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1015334817
- Label
- We'll show the world : expo 88 : Brisbane's almighty struggle for a little bit of cred, Jackie Ryan
- Note
- Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061301833
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780702259906
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1015334817
Subject
- Brisbane (Qld.) -- History -- 20th century
- trueBrisbane, Queensland -- History -- 20th century
- Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau), 1988, Brisbane, Qld -- Social aspects
- History -- Study and teaching -- Australia
- trueAustralia -- History -- 20th century
- trueSocial sciences
- trueLocal history
- trueAustralian
Included in
- trueQueensland Literary Awards: Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance
- trueQueensland Literary Awards: History Book Award
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