{"product_id":"art-was-their-weapon-dylan-hyde-9781925815740","title":"Art Was Their Weapon: The History of the Perth Workers' Art Guild","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive history of the art, politics, and culture surrounding Perth's Workers' Art Guild.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eDylan Hyde details the politics, art, and culture of Perth's Workers Art Guild, as well as the personal and professional lives of some of the movement's key figures. The Workers' Art Guild was a left-leaning political force and influential cultural movement of the 1930s and 1940s in Perth. Police and intelligence arms kept close tabs on the Guild and its members, jailing some and intimidating many others prior to and during the period of the banning of the Communist Party in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt Was Their Weapon\u003c\/i\u003e covers the personal and professional lives of key figures such as writer Katharine Susannah Prichard and theatre maverick Keith George, while charting the influence of the Communist Party on Western Australian artists. Readers will discover the story of a unique artistic and political movement in a provincial Australian city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dylan Hyde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925815749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925815740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fremantle Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d","brand":"Dylan Hyde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066038169855,"sku":"9781925815740","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49cd50ad-d058-46bd-9607-6f29210c399e.jpg?v=1768677849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-was-their-weapon-dylan-hyde-9781925815740","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}