| Description |
x, 419 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Ayrshire beginnings -- 2. Mines, unions and politics -- 3. A new life in Queensland -- 4. Colonial politician -- 5. Hard times and recovery -- 6. A new commonwealth and party -- 7. Marriage, England and cabinet minister -- 8. Leadership -- 9. Minority Prime Minister -- 10. A triumphant struggle -- 11. Portrait of a Prime Minister -- 12. Governing Australia -- 13. Defending Australia -- 14. Fisher and the world -- 15. Finance and national development -- 16. Enhancing the commonwealth -- 17. Defeats -- 18. Australia at war -- 19. Resignation -- 20. High Commissioner -- 21. Problems in London -- 22. A High Commissioner under attack -- 23. Final years -- 24. An underestimated man |
| Summary |
"Australians take for granted the presence of their federal government yet it is impossible to overestimate, as this full biography reveals, the role Andrew Fisher played in its development. The book also reveals the skills with which Fisher led the ALP in its early years and his important contributions as wartime Prime Minister and as High Commissioner in London. Andrew Fisher: An Underestimated Man attempts to account for the obscurity of one of Australia?s greatest reformers."--Publisher description |
| Analysis |
ALP |
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Australia - Politics and government - 1901-1945 |
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Australian Labor Party - History |
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Biography |
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Fisher, Andrew |
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Fisher, Andrew, 1862-1928 |
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Former Prime Ministers |
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History, 1901-1945 |
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Political conditions |
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Political leadership |
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Politicians - Australia - History |
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Prime ministers - Australia - History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 401-407 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Fisher, Andrew, 1862-1928.
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Australian Labor Party -- History.
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Politicians -- Australia -- Biography.
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Politicians -- Australia -- History.
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Prime ministers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Prime ministers -- Australia -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009599
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2009483511 |
| ISBN |
1742230040 (hbk.) |
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9781742230047 (hbk.) |
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