Ninety not out : the Nationals 1920-2010 / Paul Davey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davey, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Party of Australia.

Australia--Politics and government--20th century.

Australia.

Australia--Politics and government--2001-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (490 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

90 not out

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on the National Party, this history shares the extraordinary story of a political organization-large in grassroots members, yet small in parliamentary terms-that has made an enormous and largely unrecognized contribution to Australia's social and economic development. A colorful and interesting read, this comprehensive study highlights the structure, achievements, failures, and internal conflicts of Australia's second oldest political party. This informative record will especially interest those with a fascination for Australian political history. Note: Due to UNSW Press not owning the digital rights for the removed images, please refer to a print version of the book to view them.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1: The beginning

2: Flexing muscles

3: Runs on the board

4: Depression and Opposition

5: Tragedy, triumph and downfall

6: Fadden takes the reins

7: Rocky years

8: Fadden to McEwen

9: The veto

10: New era, new name

11: The night of the long prawns

12: The dismissal

13: Return to government

14: Innovation in difficult times

15: Back to Opposition

16: Joh for Canberra

17: Tentatively back to Coalition

18: The Nixon Report

19: An era ends dramatically

20: The brief reign ofCharles Blunt

21: Moulding party andCoalition interests

22: Is this the joy ofgovernment?

23: Delivering for the bush

24: Internal issues andinternational disaster

25: Timing for change

26: Rebelling or revertingto type?

27: Infiltrators and dissidents

28: Amalgamators

29: 90 Not Out

Appendices

Notes

Select bibliographyand further reading

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-461) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781742231679

1742231675

OCLC:

713036795