The March of Patriots: The Struggle for Modern Australia by Paul Kelly - 2010-04-01

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 2009. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 707 pages. The inside story of how Paul Keating and John Howard changed Australia. It sees Keating and Howard as conviction politicians, triabal warriors and national interest patriots. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melboure University Press, Carlton, VIC, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The March of Patriots looks at the creation of a new Australian Settlement during the 1991-2003 era of Paul Keating and John Howard. Keating and Howard were the first two Australian prime ministers of the globalised age. They were raised together, fashioned by the same forces with careers that paralleled each other. They sought to create a new set of faiths for their parties, Labor and Liberal, in an age where the old beliefs were obsolete. In this sense they were prophets for their tribes offering a fresh interpretation of Labor and Liberal ideology for a new century. Keating and Howard are best understood as change agents, adapting their parties and their nation to a new course. This is the story of two experiments in prime ministerial power and of two leaders divided by temperament, cultural outlook and perceptions of national identity, yet united in much of their economic and social policy.… Read More

Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; 2009. hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition. 709 pages, colour photos

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