In Our Time
Socialism and the rise of Labor, 1885 -1905
Published on 1. January 1985
272 pages
978-1-74269-666-9 (ISBN)
Description
For many Australian working men and women in the closing days of the nineteenth century, SOCIALISM IN OUR TIME was no mere slogan. The deepening economic depression cut living standards, increased class conflict and tested the newborn trade unions to breaking point. In this climate, the message of socialist agitators made sense of the experience of the most vulnerable: capitalism was doomed, socialism was not only inevitable, it was imminent.This is the story of a crucial time in the political history of Australia, told from the perspective of the agitators and their followers. By uncovering, state by state, the hitherto ignored faith and work of the 'tribunes of the people' and the organisations created by their working-class supporters, In Our Time challenges the accepted versions of the social and political ferment which gave rise to the labour movement and its parliamentary expression, the Labor parties.
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Language
English
Place of publication
NSW
Australia
File size
6,58 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-74269-666-9 (9781742696669)
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01/1985
Allen & Unwin
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction
- 2 William Lane: Bound for New Australia
- 3 The quarrelsome comrades: NSW 1887-1890
- 4 Ideology and organisation: NSW 1890-1898
- 5 The impact of socialism: NSW in the nineties
- 6 Dealing with the downturn: NSW 1898-1905
- 7 'Don't boast Victoria's matchless growth': Socialism in Victoria
- 8 'We are slow and unsatisfactory in Tasmania'
- 9 'The land, the land,'twas God who gave the land': Socialism in South Australia
- 10 'Tell the boys to pull together': Westralian socialism
- 11 'Socialistic from the jump'?: Socialism in Queensland
- 12 Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
