Democratic Adventurer: Graham Berry and the Making of Australian Politics by Sean Scalmer

Sean Scalmer

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ISBN 10: 1925835774 ISBN 13: 9781925835779

Published by Monash University Publishing, Melbourne VIC, 2020

Language: English

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Democratic Adventurer: Graham Berry and the Making of Australian Politics by Sean Scalmer

Publisher

Monash University Publishing, Melbourne VIC

Publication Date

2020

Language

English

ISBN 10

1925835774

ISBN 13

9781925835779

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Hardcover

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1st Edition

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Near Fine

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Graham Berry (1822–1904) was colonial Australia’s most gifted, creative and controversial politician. A riveting speaker, a newspaper proprietor and editor, and the founder of Australia’s first mass political party, he wielded these tools to launch an age of reform: spearheading the adoption of a ‘protectionist’ economic policy, the payment of parliamentarians, and the taxing of large landholdings. He also sought the reform of the Constitution, precipitating a crisis that the London Times likened to a ‘revolution’. This book recovers Berry’s forgotten and fascinating life. It explores his drives and aspirations, the scandals and defeats that nearly derailed his career, and his remarkable rise from linen-draper and grocer to adored popular leader. It establishes his formative influence on later Australian politics. And it also uses Berry’s life to reflect on the possibilities and constraints of democratic politics, hoping thereby to enrich the contemporary political imagination.

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Sean Scalmer teaches at the University of Melbourne, where he is a Professor of History. He is the author of several works of political history, including the prize-winning On the Stump (2017), Gandhi in the West (2011), The Little History of Australian Unionism (2006) and Dissent Events (2002).

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