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Renovation Nation : Our Obsession with Home.
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 affo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sydney :
University of NSW Press,
2008.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of 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.