Federated Australia: Selections From Letters To The Morning Post 1900-1910
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At the dawn of a new nation, one of Australia's most brilliant and enigmatic statesmen turned anonymous correspondent, secretly dispatching detailed dispatches to London's Morning Post that would shape how the British Empire understood its newest federated dominion. Federated Australia chronicles the remarkable series of letters written by Alfred Deakin — three-time Prime Minister of Australia — between 1900 and 1910, a decade of constitutional formation, political turbulence, and nation-building that would define the character of the Commonwealth of Australia. Writing under a veil of anonymity, Deakin presents an extraordinarily candid insider's account of parliamentary manoeuvring, trade policy debates, and the forging of a national identity, offering readers a dual perspective: the public statesman and the private, penetrating analyst. Edited and introduced by J. A. La Nauze, Professor of History at the Australian National University, this edition places Deakin's letters within their full historical and biographical context, illuminating the rare intellectual courage of a politician willing to scrutinise his own era with such unflinching clarity. La Nauze's scholarship transforms these dispatches from historical curiosity into essential primary source material, arguing convincingly for Deakin's place not only as a political titan but as a prose stylist of considerable distinction. For anyone seeking to understand how federation was lived and debated from the inside, this volume poses a question that lingers long after the final page: what else did this most guarded of visionaries choose never to reveal?
Author: Alfred Deakin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At the dawn of a new nation, one of Australia's most brilliant and enigmatic statesmen turned anonymous correspondent, secretly dispatching detailed dispatches to London's Morning Post that would shape how the British Empire understood its newest federated dominion. Federated Australia chronicles the remarkable series of letters written by Alfred Deakin — three-time Prime Minister of Australia — between 1900 and 1910, a decade of constitutional formation, political turbulence, and nation-building that would define the character of the Commonwealth of Australia. Writing under a veil of anonymity, Deakin presents an extraordinarily candid insider's account of parliamentary manoeuvring, trade policy debates, and the forging of a national identity, offering readers a dual perspective: the public statesman and the private, penetrating analyst. Edited and introduced by J. A. La Nauze, Professor of History at the Australian National University, this edition places Deakin's letters within their full historical and biographical context, illuminating the rare intellectual courage of a politician willing to scrutinise his own era with such unflinching clarity. La Nauze's scholarship transforms these dispatches from historical curiosity into essential primary source material, arguing convincingly for Deakin's place not only as a political titan but as a prose stylist of considerable distinction. For anyone seeking to understand how federation was lived and debated from the inside, this volume poses a question that lingers long after the final page: what else did this most guarded of visionaries choose never to reveal?