Radical and Working Class Politics: A Study of Eastern Australia 1850-1910 by Robin Gollan

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Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed front endpage. Sunning to top foredge and endpages. Small mark on imprint and dedication pages. Body text and binding are still in very good condition. Dust jacket has marks, a small tear at the top of the spine, and fading to edges and spine. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective covering.

A characteristic feature of world politics in the second half of the nineteenth century was the emergence of working-class political parties, the advancement towards more democratic institutions, and the growth of trade unions. Australia seemed to be in advance of other countries.

Gollan traces the development of a persistent aspiration, shaped by changing political and economic conditions and the force of new ideas. The desire for political independence, the unlocking of land and the development of trade unionism, the formation of the Labor Party and the growing aspirations of Australian nationalism. (book flap)