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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158580403321

Titolo

The conscription conflict and the Great War / / edited by Robin Archer [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clayton, Victoria : , : Monash University Publishing, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-925377-54-7

1-925377-55-5

1-925377-23-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Collana

Australian history

Disciplina

355.223630994

Soggetti

Draft - Australia - History

Public opinion - Australia

World War, 1914-1918 - Draft resisters - Australia

World War, 1914-1918 - Australia

Draft - Australia - Public opinion

Electronic books.

Australia Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

'The most interesting experiment that has ever been made in a political democracy': conscription and the Great War / Robin Archer and Sean Scalmer -- 'A real heritage of the English people: British liberalism and 'continental despotism' / Douglas Newton -- Labour and liberty: the origins of the conscription referendum / Robin Archer -- Anti-conscription in Australia: individuals, organisations and arguments / Frank Bongiorno -- Universities and conscription: the 'yes' campaigns and the University of Melbourne / Joy Damousi -- The results of the 1916 and 1917 conscription referendums re-examined / Murray Goot -- Why was it easier to introduce and implement conscription in some English-speaking countries than others? / John Connor -- Conscription in the First World War: Britain and Australia / Ross McKibbin -- Legend and lamentation: remembering the anti-conscription struggle / Sean



Scalmer.