Description:Cause for Power examines the turbulent history of the Australian Labor Party in the context of Labor's central dilemma: the compromise between power and principle.Graham Freudenberg challenges some of Labor's cherished myths, from the Party's origins in 1891, the development of the White Australia Policy, the battle over conscription in 1916, the tragedy of the Great Depression to the mistakes that caused the 'needless' split of 1955. Graham Freudenberg's major theme is that Labor's commitment to parliamentary democracy meant that it never became an ideological socialist party.In this Official Centenary History of the New South Wales Labor Party, Graham Freudenberg tells its colourful story against the background of the great national and international events which shaped it, from the Federation of Australia to the War in Vietnam.A superb cast of Australian characters live in these pages—Parkes, Reid, McGowen, Hughes, Holman, Theodore, Lang, Curtin, Chifley, McKell, Cahill, Evatt, Whitlam, Ducker, Wran, Unsworth, Hawke, Keating.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cause for Power: The Official History of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Labor Party. To get started finding Cause for Power: The Official History of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Labor Party, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Cause for Power: The Official History of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Labor Party
Description: Cause for Power examines the turbulent history of the Australian Labor Party in the context of Labor's central dilemma: the compromise between power and principle.Graham Freudenberg challenges some of Labor's cherished myths, from the Party's origins in 1891, the development of the White Australia Policy, the battle over conscription in 1916, the tragedy of the Great Depression to the mistakes that caused the 'needless' split of 1955. Graham Freudenberg's major theme is that Labor's commitment to parliamentary democracy meant that it never became an ideological socialist party.In this Official Centenary History of the New South Wales Labor Party, Graham Freudenberg tells its colourful story against the background of the great national and international events which shaped it, from the Federation of Australia to the War in Vietnam.A superb cast of Australian characters live in these pages—Parkes, Reid, McGowen, Hughes, Holman, Theodore, Lang, Curtin, Chifley, McKell, Cahill, Evatt, Whitlam, Ducker, Wran, Unsworth, Hawke, Keating.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cause for Power: The Official History of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Labor Party. To get started finding Cause for Power: The Official History of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Labor Party, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.