Kiwi Keith : a biography of Keith Holyoake / / Barry Gustafson

• Autore: Gustafson Barry
• Pubblicazione: Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , 2007; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (858 p.)
• Disciplina: 993.03092
• Soggetto topico: Prime ministers - New Zealand; Elections - New Zealand - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: New Zealand Politics and government 20th century; New Zealand Relations
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE : The Young Kiwi, 1904-31; CHAPTER TWO : MP for Motueka, 1932-38; CHAPTER THREE : Motueka to Pahiatua, 1938-49; CHAPTER FOUR : Minister of Agriculture and Deputy Prime Minister, 1949-57; CHAPTER FIVE : Kinloch; CHAPTER SIX : Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Prime Minister Again, 1957-60; CHAPTER SEVEN : Prime Minister, 1960-72; CHAPTER EIGHT : Social Transformation, 1960-72; CHAPTER NINE : Minister of External Affairs, 1960-72, and the Nuclear Issue; CHAPTER TEN : Decolonisation and Africa ; CHAPTER ELEVEN : Collective Security and Forward Defence in AsiaCHAPTER TWELVE : Vietnam, 1960-65; CHAPTER THIRTEEN : Vietnam, 1966-72; CHAPTER FOURTEEN : China; CHAPTER FIFTEEN : Britain's Entry to the European Economic Community; CHAPTER SIXTEEN : Holyoake and the Economy, 1960-72; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN : From Prime Minister to Minister of State, 1972-77; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN : Governor-General, 1977-80, and the Final Years, 1980-83; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A, B, C; INDEX; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Copyright
• Sommario/riassunto: New Zealand's leading political biographer and author of the bestselling biography of Robert Muldoon now writes a definitive life of another prime minister, Keith Holyoake. One of our great farming politicians, Holyoake was Prime Minister for over eleven years chiefly in the 1960s, Governor General from 1977 to 1980 and an MP for over 40 years. Though ?Kiwi' Keith was often derided as pompous and unprincipled, a master of consensus and compromise, Gustafson shows a man with astute understanding of people and political issues, skilled at defusing division and preserving order while encou
• Titolo autorizzato: Kiwi Keith
• ISBN: 1-77558-578-6; 1-86940-518-8; 1-77558-103-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787752203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II