Based on in-depth oral interviews with local residents, and rich archival sources, We Lived A Life and Then Some relates the common person's struggle to overcome harsh working conditions and governmen
Basing their ideas upon empirical data gathered from 2005 to 2008 in Australia, the authors (Smyth, Angus and McInerney, education, U. of Ballarat; Down, education, Murdoch U.) move beyond the usual p