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Andrew Fisher
Hoping to set the record straight, this biography asks why one of Australia's greatest reformers has sunk into obscurity. Calling for a reevaluation of Andew Fisher's career, the discussion reveals the skill with which he led the Australian Labor Party in its early years and the political will he demonstrated as prime minister in three separate ...
Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher was a man who hated imperial honours, yet enjoyed the trappings of office, a leader who believed in world socialism, yet took Australians into the First World War. In this authoritative and immensely readable biography, David Day reveals the man, his politics and his remarkable legacy.
Andrew Fisher
The story of Australia's first elected Labor prime minister, from award-winning historian David Day. Prime Minister Andrew Fisher was one of Australia's great nation-builders, yet his story is largely unknown. Leaving school early to work in the coalmines of Scotland, he educated himself at night, and in 1885, at the age of 22, he immigrated to Queensland. A staunch Presbyterian and fervent unionist, Fisher committed himself to politics and was soon elected to the Queensland parliament, then to the first federal parliament. In 1908 he became prime minister for the first of three stints in the job, serving Australia for longer than John Curtin, Ben Chifley, Gough Whitlam, or Paul Keating. As ...
Andrew Fisher and the News Media
Andrew Fisher was Australia's Prime Minister when World War I began and at the time of the Gallipoli campaign. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party and his was the first ALP government to win control of the lower house. In 1914 the ALP also had control of the upper house, the Australian Senate. A Scottish immigrant, he had worked in the hard rock gold mines at Gympie, Queensland, and had confronted the police during the 1892 shearers' revolt. In this 7,000-word monograph, I tell the story of his developing and successful relationship with the Australian media - radical and mainstream - during those turbulent times.
Andrew Fisher
"Career of an Australian Prime Minister"--Publisher.
Big Hunger
How to focus anti-hunger efforts not on charity but on the root causes of food insecurity, improving public health, and reducing income inequality. Food banks and food pantries have proliferated in response to an economic emergency. The loss of manufacturing jobs combined with the recession of the early 1980s and Reagan administration cutbacks in federal programs led to an explosion in the growth of food charity. This was meant to be a stopgap measure, but the jobs never came back, and the “emergency food system” became an industry. In Big Hunger, Andrew Fisher takes a critical look at the business of hunger and offers a new vision for the anti-hunger movement. From one perspective, anti...
William Wallace
William Wallace has always been one of the great heroes of Scottish history. By no means prepared by birth, education or training for leadership, Wallace nevertheless rose to prominence during the Wars of Independence, leading forces which broke the sequence of English victories and inspiring his countrymen in the process. While others yielded and collaborated, Wallace set an example of constancy and perseverence and became the Guardian of Scotland. Even his terrible death in London in 1305 can be seen as a victory as it provided inspiration for the continuance of the struggle against English domination. Despite Wallace's almost mythical status, modern-day perceptions of him are not always based on objective analysis of the historical facts. In this revised and expanded edition of his best-selling biography, Andrew Fisher investigates the man and his times to create a more authentic picture of Wallace than has ever been available previously.
Andrew Fisher and the News Media
Andrew Fisher was Australia's Prime Minister when World War I began and at the time of the Gallipoli campaign. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party and his was the first ALP government to win control of the lower house. In 1914 the ALP also had control of the upper house, the Australian Senate. A Scottish immigrant, he had worked in the hard rock gold mines at Gympie, Queensland, and had confronted the police during the 1892 Shearers' Revolt. In this 7,200-word monograph, I tell the story of his developing and successful relationship with the Australian media - radical and mainstream - during those turbulent times.
