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A New Britannia

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34 Ratings by Goodreads
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Format
Paperback, 326 pages
Published
Australia, 9 August 2004

Humphrey McQueen's new edition of his irreverent classic charts the origins of the Australian Labor Party. In tracing the social forces which produced the ALP, he shows it was anti-socialist from the very start. Along the way he reveals a colonial passion for pianos and uncovers the proto-fascist ideas behind Henry Lawson's popular writings. Racism rears its many heads throughout this challenging story, and McQueen shows that the desire for land was the basis for much of what passed as radicalism and socialism.


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Humphrey McQueen's new edition of his irreverent classic charts the origins of the Australian Labor Party. In tracing the social forces which produced the ALP, he shows it was anti-socialist from the very start. Along the way he reveals a colonial passion for pianos and uncovers the proto-fascist ideas behind Henry Lawson's popular writings. Racism rears its many heads throughout this challenging story, and McQueen shows that the desire for land was the basis for much of what passed as radicalism and socialism.

Product Details
EAN
9780702234392
ISBN
0702234397
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Dimensions
20 x 13 x 2 centimeters (0.25 kg)

About the Author

Humphrey McQueen scratches for a living in Canberra. Since the appearance of the first edition of a New Britannia in 1970, he has published another thirteen books, and a couple of million words in articles, columns and reviews. He does his bit to keep alive the principles of social equality through the Socialist Alliance and its journal Seeing Red.

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