Gough Whitlam: His Time Updated Edition
His Time: Updated Edition
$68.13
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2014
Summary
UPDATED EDITION with new chapter dealing with the fallout of Sir Anthony Mason’s statement about his role in the Dismissal.
Gough Whitlam, Australia’s twenty-first prime minister, swept to power in December 1972, ending twenty-three years of conservative rule. In barely three years Whitlam’s dramatic reform agenda would transform Australia. It was an ascendancy bitterly resented by some, never accepted by others, and ended with dismissal by the Governor-General just three years later—…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522867695 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0522867693 |
| Author: | Jenny Hocking |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | The Miegunyah Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 926g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 33mm |
About The Author
Jenny Hocking
Professor Jenny Hocking is a Research Professor and Australian Research Council Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (DORA) Fellow with the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University. She is the author of two major biographies, Lionel Murphy- A Political Biography, shortlisted in the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature- National Non-Fiction Awards, and Frank Hardy- Politics, Literature, Life, shortlisted in the NSW Premier’s History Awards. Hocking has also written extensively on counter-terrorism and democracy, including Terror Laws- ASIO, Counter-terrorism and the Threat to Democracy. The first volume of Whitlam’s biography, Gough Whitlam- A Moment in History, was shortlisted for the Age Book of the Year, the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards and the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literature 2009, longlisted for the Walkley Awards Non-Fiction Book Award 2009 and a finalist in the Magarey Medal for Biography 2010. This acclaimed second volume, Gough Whitlam- His Time, has been short-listed for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (National History Prize) 2013, the Queensland Literary Awards 2013, long-listed in the NiB Waverley Awards for Literature 2013 and was a finalist in the National Biography Award 2013.
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