Political lives : Australian prime ministers and their biographers / Chris Wallace
- Bib ID:
- 8813201
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Wallace, Chris, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2023
- Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2023
- ©2023
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- ISBN:
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- 1742238564
- 1742239471
- 9781742238562
- 9781742239477
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access : Available online.
- Summary:
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"What was the story behind Bob Hawke's famed biography? Why does Paul Keating think biographies of serving politicians are 'like Polaroids of a busy life' while John Howard considers them a big mistake? Where is the 'missing' Menzies biography? Why are our early prime ministers largely absent from historical memory? Chris Wallace writes Australian political history anew through this account of prime ministers, their biographies and their biographers. Lively and astute, the book takes us into their motivations and relationships, some well-known and some hidden, and in doing so shows us Australian politics in a fresh light." -- Publisher.
- Full contents:
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- Preface: Wait. What?
- 1. Absent fathers
- 2. The great war to the great depression
- 3. Menzies biography mystery
- 4. World War II to the end of the Menzies line
- 5. The modern era begins
- 6. Bob Hawke, writ large
- 7. Polaroids of a busy life
- 8. Political biography as political intervention.
- Notes:
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- Description based upon print version of record.
- Title from title screen.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Also available in print.
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 2023
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