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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809082403321

Autore

Bassett Michael <1938->

Titolo

Sir Joseph Ward : a political biography / / Michael Bassett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-77558-616-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Disciplina

993.031092

Soggetti

Prime ministers

Political science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV></DIV>Sir Joseph Ward (1856-1930) was the leading political figure during the forty-year life of the Liberal Party in New Zealand. He was a member of Ballance's first Cabinet, twice Prime Minister (1906-12 and 1928-30), and was still a Cabinet Minister at the time of his death. This lively biography is the story of an ambitious first-generation New Zealander of Irish Catholic parents who spent more than half a century in local and central government politics, influencing the directions taken in many areas of New Zealand life. It contains much new material about Ward's private business dea