Description |
vii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
1. Freedom or "Fetteration'? Working life and Federation, 1890-1914 / Mark Hearn and Greg Patmore --2. Federation and the Labour Movement / Stuart Macintyre -- 3. Gender, working life and Federation / Raelene Frances -- 4. Fighting fatman fetteration: labour culture and Federation / Lenore Layman -- 5. 'A new race, bred of the soil and sun': conceptualising race and labour, 1890-1914 / Kay Saunders -- 6. Federation and labour: the national, state and local dimensions / Ray Markey -- 7. From patriotic interest to class interest: employers and Federation, 1890-1912 / Eric Eklund -- 8. Knitting the social safety net: reassessing the role of Federation in shaping social protection, 1901-1914 / Gaby Ramia and Nick Wailes -- 9. 'A Glimpse of Golden Green': Federation in a country town, Dungog, NSW / Glenda Strachan and Anne Dunne -- 10. The 'Birmingham of Australia' and Federation: Lithgow, 1890-1914 / Greg Patmore |
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11. Citizenship and locomotive manufacture at the New South Wales Eveleigh Raily Workshops / Lucy Taksa -- 12. Charles Cameron Kingston: a radical Liberal comes to terms with Labor / John Bannon -- 13. Margaret Cuthbertson, factory inspection and the political lives of working women, 1890-1914 / Joy Damousi -- 14. Citizen Dwyer: John Dwyer's campaign for the right to work, 1900-1914 / Mark Hearn |
Summary |
This book explores the historical significance of Federation and the impact it has had on working life in Australia. This collection of essays, from Australia's leading labour historians, identifies the formative influences on working life in the period 1890 -1914, and how national policy development affected the working culture of this nation. Organised around key themes, this book draws together innovative research on employer-employee relations, the role of the state, wages and arbitration, gender, race, culture and individual experience |
Analysis |
Federation (1901) |
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Working conditions |
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Employment policy |
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Industrial relations |
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Social conditions |
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History |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-334) and index |
Subject |
Australia. Constitution Act -- History.
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Federal government -- Australia -- History.
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Federal government -- Australia -- History -- 1901-1914
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Federal government -- Australia -- History -- 1851-1901
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Constitutional history -- Australia.
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Labor movement -- Australia -- History.
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Federal government -- Australia.
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Industrial relations -- Australia.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- Federation
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Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 1901-1914
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Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 1851-1901
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009599
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Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1891-1901
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Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1901-1914
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Author |
Patmore, Greg.
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LC no. |
00002296 |
ISBN |
1864031352 : |
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