Coates of the Kaipara.

In the course of his political career Gordon Coates (1878-1943) experienced the extremes of popular adulation and contempt. Handsome, young and debonair, with the common touch, he was a successful minister in the early 1920s and seemed full of promise when he became Prime Minister in 1925 on the dea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bassett, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Auckland University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Coates, Gordon, > 1878-1943.
Coates, Gordon, > 1878-1943
Prime ministers > New Zealand > Biography.
Coates, Gordon > 1878-1943.
New Zealand > Politics and government.
Premiers ministres > Nouvelle-Zélande > Biographies.
Politics and government
Prime ministers
Nouvelle-Zélande > Politique et gouvernement.
New Zealand
Biographies
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  • Cover; Map; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Note; Introduction; 1. From Hereford to Hukatere; 2. Entry into Politics; 3. The First World War; 4. The New Minister; 5. The Last Years of Massey; 6. The Public Expect Much of the New Prime Minister; 7. Coates's Government Struggles, 1926-27; 8. Confidence in Coates Collapses, 1928; 9. The Tensions of Opposition, 1928-31; 10. Unemployment, Riots and Ottawa; 11. The Consequences of Devaluation; 12. The Public Have Their Say, 1935; 13. Member for Kaipara Again; 14. Minister of Armed Forces and War Co-ordination; Epilogue: Contemporary Assessments.

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