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A revised edition of the 1997 biography of John Banks updates the subject's story by covering his exit from Parliament, the rekindling of his business career, his time in talkback radio and his election in 2001 as mayor of Auckland City. Described by biographer, Paul Goldsmith, as an essentially friendly biography, this portrait of John Banks provides a perceptive insight into the man behind the public image and the factors which motivated him to enter politics. Text well supplemented with black and white photographs and political cartoons.
The biography of one of England's richest businessmen, who was a merchant, financier, landowner, friend of Samuel Pepys and employer of John Locke.
The life, political and family troubles, political successes and battles fought by controversial member of parliament and cabinet minister John Banks.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence prese...