The Formation of the Australian Country Parties by B D Graham

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has written in pencil on front endpage - now rubbed out. Dust Jacket is in fair condition with chipping and tears to the front and back covers. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover. Body text and binding are still very good.

This book analyses the social and economic factors which led to the rise of the Country Parties in Australia and shows that they were related to the agrarian parties of the Canadian Prairie Provinces and the American Mid-West. All these movements, Dr Graham suggests, reflected the social insecurity of the countrymen as well as their determination to improve their economic status and to gain a more secure position in the political structure of their community.

The marketing and price controls introduced during World War 1 had a direct effect on the agricultural and pastoral interests of Australia and members of this faction entered politics with the object of forming efficient and vigorous pressure groups and country parties in Parliament. By 1920 such parities had been formed in all but the Tasmanian Parliament and the National and Labor Parties found themselves experiencing the utmost difficulty in coping with the new arrival.