The Great Depression in Australia edited by Robert Cooksey [Labour History Number 17]

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned.

A selection of articles that reassess the Great Depression and its impact on our society.

The Great Depression in Australia is number 17 in Labour History, the journal of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, which is normally published in May and November. Includes graphs and tables.

Articles include:

• The long and short of depression origins by C B Schedvin
• Rothbury by Miriam Doxson
• Scullin as Prime Minister by J R Robertson
• Lyons: Labor Minister by P R Hart
• Amalgamated Engineering Union by T Sheridan
• NSW Teachers' Federation by Bruce Mitchell
• Unemployment and politics in Western Australia by G C Bolton
• Labor and the Premiers' plan by Peter Cook
• Tasmania depression elections by Neil Batt
• Anti-political political thought by Peter Loveday
• All for Australia League by Trevor Matthews
• Douglas Credit and the ALP by Baiba Berzins
• Lang Labor in South Australia by Don Hopgood
• What happened to the Depression generation? by Don Aitken, Michael Kahan and Sue Barnews
• Some consequences of the Depression by Robin Gollan