Andrew Fisher : an underestimated man / Peter Bastian.

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Publication details:
Sydney : UNSW Press, 2009.
Record id:
67473
Subject:
Fisher, Andrew, -- 1862-1928.
Australian Labor Party -- History.
Prime ministers -- Biography -- Australia.
Politicians -- Biography -- Australia.
Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945.
Contents:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Ayrshire beginnings
Mines, unions and politics
A new life in Queensland
Colonial politician
Hard times and recovery
A new commonwealth and party
Marriage, England and cabinet minister
Leadership
Minority Prime Minister
A triumphant struggle
Portrait of a Prime Minister
Governing Australia
Defending Australia
Fisher and the world
Finance and national development
Enhancing the commonwealth
Defeats
Australia at war
Resignation
High Commissioner
Problems in London
A High Commissioner under attack
Final years
An underestimated man.
Note:
Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781742230047
Phys. description:
x, 419 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm