Western women over fifty are a revolutionary generation. They are the first in history to have been in paid work for most of their lives. The power and freedom of this financial independence is unprecedented. But this financial transformation is not equally enjoyed. Jane Caro investigates what predisposes some women to succeed and others to fall.

The events of the Great War intensified the relationship between the British Empire and Australia; the legacy can still be felt today. This volume explores both the immediate and long-term consequences of the war on this complex relationship, looking in particular at identity, history, gender, propaganda, economics and nationalism.

'Lilliput', in this dual biography, is the world of literary magazines in Australia between the 1940s and the 1980s. The book ranges from before the Menzies era and the Cold War, through the Whitlam period and beyond to the challenges of the 1980s.