Published: 21 August 2013
ISBN: 9780143570875
Imprint: Penguin
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
RRP: $9.99

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End of the Road?: Penguin Special

Gideon Haigh

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In this engaging and insightful analysis for the lay reader, Gideon Haigh explains why the industry has become an ideological battleground, and reveals the more complex and surprising truth behind the partisan rhetoric.

Australia is one of just thirteen countries in the world equipped to take a car from design concept all the way to a showroom – a remarkable achievement in a market so small. Yet the industry has few friends, and many vociferous critics who argue that the country should not make cars at all. In this engaging and insightful analysis for the lay reader, Gideon Haigh explains why the industry has become an ideological battleground, and reveals the more complex and surprising truth behind the partisan rhetoric.

Published: 21 August 2013
ISBN: 9780143570875
Imprint: Penguin
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
RRP: $9.99

Categories:

Industry

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About the author

Gideon Haigh

Gideon Haigh has been a journalist since 1984, and The Momentous, Uneventful Day is his fortieth book. His The Office: a hardworking history won the 2013 Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction.

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Praise for End of the Road?: Penguin Special

No one cuts through the knee-jerk platitudes of the commentariat quite like Gideon Haigh ... In this exhilaratingly fierce critique, Haigh never loses sight of what really matters: the workers, their communities and the quality of the products they make.
Fiona Capp, Sydney Morning Herald