| Description |
xv, 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
"B.A. Santamaria remains a unique and influential force in Australian politics after more than fifty years' involvement. As Director of the National Civic Council and Australia's most prominent Catholic layman and intellectual, Santamaria's activities as an exponent of ideas, as an organiser and spokesman, have involved him in controversy throughout his career. He remains active and controversial forty years after the disastrous ALP split in which he was a pivotal force, and which kept the ALP out of federal office for twenty years. His role, in association with the legendary Archbishop Mannix, in organising the Movement to fight Communist influence in the trade unions, is still fascinating, though often misrepresented, and was successful in defeating Communist union power. His relationships with such figures as his great mentor, Dr Mannix, Dr Evatt, Arthur Calwell and Gough Whitlam are complex and vividly recalled in this book." "B.A. Santamaria first published his memoirs (as Against the Tide) in 1981. In this revised and updated edition he writes about another fifteen years of continuing influence, agitation and nonconformity. Of particular importance are his reflections on the rise of Labor after the era of state aid and the DLP, and his criticisms of economic rationalism and the modernisation of the Catholic Church. One of the most effective operators in the history of Australian politics, Santamaria is also one of its most candid autobiographers."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Australia - Politics and government - 1945- |
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Catholic Action - Australia |
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National Civic Council (Australia) - Biography |
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Political activists - Australia - Biography |
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Santamaria, B.A. (Bartholomew Augustine), 1915-1998 |
| Notes |
Previous ed. published as: Against the tide. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1981 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [306]-316) and index |
| Subject |
Santamaria, B. A. (Bartholomew Augustine), 1915-1998.
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National Civic Council (Australia)
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National Civic Council (Australia) -- Biography.
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National Civic Council
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Catholic Action -- Australia.
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Political activists -- Australia -- Biography.
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Political activists -- Australia -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009600
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Santamaria, B. A. (Bartholomew Augustine), 1915-1998.
Against the tide
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| LC no. |
96358023 |
| ISBN |
0195540522 |
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