The power of speech : Australian Prime Ministers defining the national image / James Curran.

Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2004.

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Nationalism -- Australia.

Prime ministers -- Australia.

Speeches, addresses, etc -- Australia.

Australia -- Politics and government.

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

1. Jolted by events to adulthood: Prime Ministers and the British myth in a changing world, 1941-1972

2. The verdant vista of the new: Gough Whitlam and the 'new nationalism'

3. Challenge and response: Malcolm Fraser, Asustralia and the world, 1948-83

4. A desire for harmony: Bob Hawke and 'consensus'

5. Aggressive Ausralianism: Paul Keating, 'radical nationalist' Prime Minister

6. The last word?: John Howard and the end of the identity crisis

Notes.

Includes select bibliography and index.

0522850987

xv, 314 p. : ill. (some col.)