Australian Labor Movement

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 264 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 266 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 282 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 280 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 290 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 272 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Set of five books. Volume one: The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. 272 pages. Volume two: The cover is lightly faded. The page edges are lightly tanned. 206 pages. Volume three: The page edges are lightly tanned. 210 pages. Volume four: Hardcover book, the cover has a few small scuffs. The page edges are lightly foxed. 314 pages. Volume five: Excellent condition. 304 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). First published as a book in 1962. The second volume of Jack Lang's reminiscences of his experiences in NSW politics. The Great Bust covers the late 1920's and the Depression years. Like the first volume, I Remember, this book is often acidly amusing at the expense of Lang's many opponents, both inside and outside the Labor movement. It contains Lang's own account of the political crisis of the 1930's in which his Government was dismissed by Governor Game. (Gould's Book Arcade published this reprint under the McNamara imprint, initially a joint venture with another Sydney printed word family.)---The dust jacket has a bit of wear, with a stripe of water damage on the front top-edge, and a small tear. The page edges are lightly tanned. The book remains in excellent condition. 418 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). 388 pages. The page edges are a little tanned and foxed. The Labor split of the 1950s changed the whole shape of Australian politics. Three decades later it still arouses passion and division as its repercussions continue to bedevil the Labor Party and union movement. The Split, widely considered to be the best account of these momentous events, draws on 'inside information' and extensive interviews with participants, many of whom are now dead, to reveal the complex series of events, the intrigues, the dedication and wheeler dealing behind the breakdown. Several copies are available. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm). This is the definitive history of the NSW Builders Laborers Federation. The page edges are lightly foxed. 352 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). First published as a book in 1962. The second volume of Jack Lang's reminiscences of his experiences in NSW politics. The Great Bust covers the late 1920's and the Depression years. Like the first volume, I Remember, this book is often acidly amusing at the expense of Lang's many opponents, both inside and outside the Labor movement. It contains Lang's own account of the political crisis of the 1930's in which his Government was dismissed by Governor Game. (Gould's Book Arcade published this reprint under the McNamara imprint, initially a joint venture with another Sydney printed word family.) The edges of the book are lightly tanned. Several copies are avaliable. 418 pages Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm). The Confessions of Clyde Cameron spans nearly eight decades of Australian social and policial history. Whether Clyde Cameron is discussing his mother, the Aboriginal Camerons, getting paid for shearing his first sheep even though it died in his hands, working the sheds along the river Darling as a union official, corruption in the AWU, his admiration for South Australian Liberal Premier Tom Playford, Don Dunstan spurning his adice to change his accent and add more padding to the shoulders of his suit coats, intervention into the Victorian Branch in 1970, his dismissal from the Ministry of Labour and Immigration, or his recent career as an oral historian, he presents himself and those about him with candour, wit and an eye for human perversity. Several copies are available. 240 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm). 299 pages. By any standards, Laurie Short has been a figure of immense significance in the Australian Labor Movement. Even those who may have opposed him most strongly on particular issues or philosophical positions could never question his courage or tenacity. His is a story worth telling and worth reading. Multiple copies available. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). The cover is a little worn. The page edges well tanned and foxed. 341 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Jacket Condition: Very Good. 482 pages. The cover has a little wear, with light fading on the spine. The page edges are somewhat foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). The author's most useful book. A nuts and bolts manual on how to organise a rank and file reform group in a significant trade union and eventually win. Based on Tanner's experiences in the campaign to defeat the old Grouper leadership of the Victorian Clerks Union. In a way, a unique book, of potential value to anyone who is becoming active in a union or considering running for union elected office. 216 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). 186 pages and b/w photographs. The cover has minor wear with a faded spine. The page edges are lightly tanned with age. Several copies avaliable. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). There is light wear on the cover and the page edges have light tanning. Several copies are avaliable. 361 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). The dust jacket has a little wear. The book is a little worn and tanned on edges. Serveral copies avaliable. 375 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). The cover has light wear and the inside covers are somewhat tanned. Several copies are available. For more than five decades Dorothy Gibson actively participated in the concerns of her times through such organisations as the New Education fellowship, the Council against War and Fascism, the International Peace Campaign, and the Vietnam Moratoriam movement. Ralph Gibson joined the Australian Communist Party in 1932 and married Dorothy in 1937, an association which lasted more than 40 years. 130 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.