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The conscription conflict and the Great War / edited by Robin Archer [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Australian history (Monash University Publishing)
- Australian history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Draft--Australia--History.
- Draft.
- Public opinion--Australia.
- Public opinion.
- World War, 1914-1918--Draft resisters--Australia.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Australia.
- Draft--Australia--Public opinion.
- Australia--Military policy.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2016]
- Summary:
- But while the memory of the conscription campaigns once loomed large, it has increasingly been overshadowed by a preoccupation with the sacrifice and heroism of Australian soldiers a preoccupation that has been reinforced during the centennial commemorations.
- Contents:
- 'The most interesting experiment that has ever been made in a political democracy': conscription and the Great War / Robin Archer and Sean Scalmer
- 'A real heritage of the English people: British liberalism and 'continental despotism' / Douglas Newton
- Labour and liberty: the origins of the conscription referendum / Robin Archer
- Anti-conscription in Australia: individuals, organisations and arguments / Frank Bongiorno
- Universities and conscription: the 'yes' campaigns and the University of Melbourne / Joy Damousi
- The results of the 1916 and 1917 conscription referendums re-examined / Murray Goot
- Why was it easier to introduce and implement conscription in some English-speaking countries than others? / John Connor
- Conscription in the First World War: Britain and Australia / Ross McKibbin
- Legend and lamentation: remembering the anti-conscription struggle / Sean Scalmer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-925377-54-7
- 1-925377-55-5
- 1-925377-23-7
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