Andrew Fisher : an underestimated man / Peter Bastian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bastian, Peter (Peter Edward)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prime ministers--Australia--History.

Prime ministers.

Politicians--Australia--History.

Politicians.

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

Australia.

Australian Labor Party--History.

Australian Labor Party.

Fisher, Andrew, 1862-1928.

Fisher, Andrew.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Ayrshire beginnings; Mines, unions and politics; A new life in Queensland; Colonial politician; Hard times and recovery; A new Commonwealth and party; Marriage, England and cabinet minister; Leadership; Minority Prime Minister; A triumphant struggle; Portrait of a Prime Minister; Governing Australia; Defending Australia; Fisher and the world; Finance and national development; Enhancing the Commonwealth; Defeats; Australia at war; Resignation; High Commissioner; Problems in London; A high commissionerunder attack; Final years

An underestimated manNotes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-74223-182-9

OCLC:

635291400