Robert Manne Editor (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Two nations: the causes and effects of the rise of the One Nation party in Australia This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Edition. 260pp. Laminated printed light card covers. In as new condition throughout. 8vo. Presents the original essays and the moments of insight that told us what Australia is and could be - with essential statements from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionaries - taking us from Federation to the present-day. …

Condition: Very Good. Very Good. 1999 Text Publishing, Melbourne, Australia. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Covers lightly curled at corners. Small chip at back corner of head of spine. Page edges have some shallow dents. Pages clean and unmarked. 333 pages. Edited and instrpduced by Robert Manne.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages have sunned. This powerful book examines the record of the Howard government. A series of engaging and accessible essays by some of our leading thinkers critically assesses how the government has performed on key issues and tracks its larger influence on Australian society. It shows how the 'most conservative leader the Liberal Party has ever had' has re-made and divided the nation. (back cover) Contributors include: Mungo MacCallum, Judith Brett, Mick Dodson, Helen Irving and William Maley.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Slight curve to front cover. Pages are sunned.This is not a book of documents, snippets or worthy speeches. Instead, it presents the original essays and the moments of insight that told us what Australia is and could be.These are the essential statements - from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionaries - that take us from Federation to the first decade of the 21st century, and tell a story of national self-discovery.There is the Frenchman who saw that Australia was a 'workingman's paradise', and the historian who explained why. The two reporters who realised the true significance of Gallipoli and conveyed it to the nation. Russel Ward on theAustralian Legend, Robin Boyd on theAustralian Ugliness, Donald Horne on the Lucky Country, W E H Stanner on theGreat Australian Silence and Anne Summers on Manzone Country. Real Matildas, Cultural Cringers,Future Eaters and Forgotten People - and much more.Memorably written and cohesive, this is the essential sourcebook of the words that made Australia. (back cover).…

Softcover. Condition: Good.