| Description |
ix, 374 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
ERA Collection
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| Contents |
1. The great labor split of 1955 : an overview / Peter Love -- 2. The split : a Victorian phenomenon / Paul Strangio -- 3. The split in the branches : Hunters Hill, NSW / Rodney Cavalier -- 4. 'For the love of Christ, Mick, don't hit him' : the split in Queensland / Brian Costar -- 5. Remembering the past and hoping for the future : why there was no split in South Australia in 1954-56 / Malcolm Saunders and Neil Lloyd -- 6. Frank Hardy's Power without glory : prelude to the split / Jenny Hocking -- 7. 'An Italian with a goat on five acres' / Anthony Cappello -- 8. Professor Crisp and the attempted anti-Evatt Putsch of April 1955 / Stephen Holt -- 9. The Melbourne trades hall and the split / Cathy Brigden -- 10. The eye of the storm : mainstream press representations of Dr. Evatt and the split / Greg Gardiner -- 11. Living with hope and fear : advancing Catholic social ideals amid the spectre of communism / Peter Haeusler -- 12. B.A. Santamaria : religion as politics / Paul Strangio and Brian Costar -- 13. The puzzle of Santamaria's politicisation of Catholic movements / Bruce Duncan -- 14. Fudging the figures : the split in the polls, 1955-1975 / Murray Goot -- 15. The liberal party's response to the split / John Roskam -- 16. Faith of our fathers : the fate of the expelled / Tim Hayes -- 17. The democratic labor party : a retrospective / Paul Reynolds -- 18. Was the DLP a 'church' party? / John Warhurst -- 19. Was the DLP a labor or a centrist party? / Brian Costar -- 20. Remembering Ol '55 : the Victorian Fabian society and the road to intervention / Frank Bongiorno -- 21. Closing the split? : before and after federal intervention in the Victorian ALP / Paul Strangio |
| Summary |
This book marks the 50th anniversay of the 1955 split in the Australian Labor Party. It revisitis the Split, with contributions from a range of leading historians and writers and examines the Split from several perspectives. Special attention is paid to the long-term consequences |
| Analysis |
Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia |
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ALP |
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ALP factions |
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Catholic Church |
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Religion in politics |
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Political conditions |
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Anticommunism |
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Liberal Party of Australia |
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Victoria |
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History, 1946-1999 |
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Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia (1955-2013) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Democratic Labor Party (Australia) -- History.
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Australian Labor Party -- History.
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Australian Labor Party -- History -- 20th century.
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Political parties -- Australia -- History.
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Religion and politics -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Love, Peter, 1947- editor
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Costar, Brian J., editor
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Strangio, Paul, editor
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| LC no. |
2006365916 |
| ISBN |
9781920769420 (paperback) |
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1920769420 |
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