Confusion
The Making of the Australian Two-Party System
$76.65
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2009
Summary
In Confusion, some of Australia’s foremost political historians, including Judith Brett and Stuart Macintyre, revisit the seminal moment when liberals threw in their lot with the conservatives.
In May 1909, Alfred Deakin, the radical liberal doyen, struck an agreement for a controversial ‘fusion’ with the anti-Labor factions, with the new grouping later adopting the name ‘Liberal Party’. After a heated campaign, Labor won the 1910 election, forming the first majority governme…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522856552 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522856551 |
| Author: | Melbourne University Publishing |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2009 |
| Weight: | 378g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 136mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Mup Academic Monographs |
About The Author
Melbourne University Publishing
Paul Strangio is a Senior Lecturer of Politics in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University. A biographer and political historian, he has written extensively in the field of Australian political history. He is the author and editor of several books, including Keeper of the Faith- A Biography of Jim Cairns (2002), The Great Labor Schism- A Retrospective (2005) and The Victorian Premiers, 1856-2006 (2006). He has also been a frequent commentator on Australian politics in both the print and electronic media.
Nick Dyrenfurth is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney. He is currently Associate Editor of the journal Labour History. He previously taught history and politics at Monash University, where he also wrote his PhD on the culture of the early ALP. His work has been published in Labour History, Australian Journal of Politics and History, Australian Journal of Political Science and Journal of Australian Studies. In addition, he has written for The Australian, The Age and The Canberra Times.
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