Life and Work of Richard John Seddon Premier of New Zealand, 1893 1906 - With a History of the Liberal Party of New Zealand

Klappentext A 1907 biography of Richard Seddon (1845-1906), New Zealand's longest-serving prime minister (1893-1906), illuminating the Liberal Party's history. Zusammenfassung Richard John Seddon (1845–1906) was New Zealand's longest-serving prime minister from 1893 until his death. Originally intended as a collaborative effort, this work by the journalist, naturalist and author James Drummond (1869–1940) was first published in 1907 and remained until 1955 the only full biography of Seddon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Early life and life on the goldfields; 2. Elected to the House of Representatives; 3. His first session; 4. The continuous ministry again; 5. Days of parochialism; 6. The Stout-Vogel combination; 7. The Liberal Party in opposition; 8. A prominent Liberal leader; 9. The new Liberal ministry; 10. Minister for public works; 11. More difficulties; 12. Mr Seddon as premier; 13. A banking crisis; 14. Labour legislation; 15. Conciliation and arbitration - boards of conciliation; 16. Conciliation and arbitration - the Arbitration Court; 17. Other reforms; 18. Settling the land; 19. The imperialist; 20. The humanist; 21. In cartoon and story; 22. Last days; Appendix; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James Drummond
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 22.08.2013
• EAN: 9781108062008
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06200-8
• Seiten: 450
• Serien: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political leaders & leadership, Australasian & Pacific history, New Zealand, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, Australasian and Pacific history, New Zealand / Aotearoa