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'Now is the psychological moment' : Earle Page and the imagining of Australia /
Earle Christmas Grafton Page (1880-1961) - surgeon, Country Party leader, treasurer and prime minister - was perhaps the most extraordinary visionary to hold high public office in twentieth-century Australia. Over decades, he made determined efforts to seize 'the psychological moment', and...
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Canberra, ACT, Australia :
Australian National University Press,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: 'How Many Germans Did You Kill, Doc?'
- Introduction: 'A Dreamer of Dreams'
- 1. Family, Community and Methodism: The Forging of Page's World View
- 2. 'We Were Determined to Use Our Opportunities to the Full': Page's Rise to National Prominence
- 3. The Use of Power: Treasurer Page Pursues His National Vision
- 4. Government and Party: The Basis of Page's Power
- 5. Page and the Final Throes of the Bruce-Page Government: Challenging the Nation through Planning and Federalism
- 6. Page Audacious: The 1930s
- 7. Post-War Page: Hopes amidst Frustrations
- 8. Page Indefatigable: His Last Years in Public Life
- Conclusions: 'A Man's Reach Should Exceed His Grasp'.