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Joseph Lyons : the people's prime minister / by Anne Henderson.
Van Pelt Library DU116.2.L96 H46 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henderson, Anne, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lyons, Joseph Aloysius, 1879-1939.
- Lyons, Joseph Aloysius.
- Prime ministers--Australia--Biography.
- Prime ministers.
- Politics and government.
- Australia.
- Australia--Politics and government--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 469 p : illustrations . ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Kingsford, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press Ltd, 2011.
- Summary:
- The first full biography of Australia's prime minister between 1932 and 1939, Joseph Aloysius Lyons, who dominated Australian politics throughout the 1930's.
- Contents:
- 1 The boy from the island 11
- 2 A political education 31
- 3 Member for Wilmot 56
- 4 A partner for life 77
- 5 A party at war 97
- 6 Leading Labor 119
- 7 Alternative premier 141
- 8 Mr Premier 154
- 9 The worm turns 172
- 10 Welcome to Canberra 193
- 11 Caucus wars 214
- 12 Exile 237
- 13 Striking a match 259
- 14 Going in to bat 284
- 15 Lyons and the Great Depression 312
- 16 Prime Minister at large 332
- 17 Trade winds 356
- 18 The royal box 378
- 19 Peace and war 389
- 20 Dying days 409.
- ISBN:
- 9781742231426
- 174223142X
- OCLC:
- 708758974
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