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'In response to the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression and two World Wars, communist and left-wing bookshops proliferated in Australia through most of the twentieth century. There were bookshops in all the capital caries, the largest of which were intervention' in Sydney, the 'International' in Melbourne, and the 'People's Bookshop' in Brisbane. Here the focus is on the "People's Bookshop' and the role played by its last full-time manager, Bill Sutton, highlighting the particular and passionate nature of Queensland left-wing politics leading up to and after his appointment in 1966.' (Introduction)
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'The Good-Looking Bookseller and the Ugly Society' Bill Sutton and the People's Bookshop
The Queensland Journal of Labour History
The Queensland Journal of Labour History
