Andrew Fisher : an underestimated man / Peter Bastian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bastian, Peter (Peter Edward)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fisher, Andrew, 1862-1928.

Fisher, Andrew.

Australian Labor Party--History.

Australian Labor Party.

Prime ministers--Australia--History.

Prime ministers.

Politicians--Australia--History.

Politicians.

History.

Australia--Politics and government--1901-1945.

Australia.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney, N.S.W. : UNSW Press, 2009.

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.

Contents:

1 Ayrshire beginnings 5

2 Mines, unions and politics 17

3 A new life in Queensland 29

4 Colonial politician 45

5 Hard times and recovery 61

6 A new Commonwealth and party 76

7 Marriage, England and cabinet minister 92

8 Leadership 110

9 Minority Prime Minister 127

10 A triumphant struggle 144

11 Portrait of a Prime Minister 158

12 Governing Australia 171

13 Defending Australia 185

14 Fisher and the world 200

15 Finance and national development 218

16 Enhancing the Commonwealth 237

17 Defeats 249

18 Australia at war 266

19 Resignation 280

20 High Commissioner 295

21 Problems in London 310

22 A High Commissioner under attack 325

23 Final Years 338

24 An underestimated man 353.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-407) and index.

ISBN:

9781742230047

1742230040

OCLC:

277165004