02778nam 22005654a 450 991079232440332120230721015909.01-74223-182-9(CKB)2670000000019206(EBL)533798(OCoLC)635291400(SSID)ssj0000456812(PQKBManifestationID)11262607(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000456812(PQKBWorkID)10409235(PQKB)10022207(MiAaPQ)EBC533798(Au-PeEL)EBL533798(CaPaEBR)ebr10381401(EXLCZ)99267000000001920620090818d2009 my 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAndrew Fisher[electronic resource] an underestimated man /Peter BastianSydney, N.S.W. UNSW Press20091 online resource (432 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-224-8 1-74223-004-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-407) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 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 commissionerunder attack; Final yearsAn underestimated manNotes; Bibliography; IndexAustralians take for granted the presence of their federal government yet it is impossible to overestimate, as this full biography reveals, the role Andrew Fisher played in its development. The book also reveals the skills with which Fisher led the ALP in its early years and his important contributions as wartime Prime Minister and as High Commissioner in London. Andrew Fisher: An Underestimated Man attempts to account for the obscurity of one of Australia's greatest reformers.Prime ministersAustraliaHistoryPoliticiansAustraliaHistoryAustraliaPolitics and government1901-1945Prime ministersHistory.PoliticiansHistory.994.041092Bastian Peter(Peter Edward)987842MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792324403321Andrew Fisher3869420UNINA