'Now is the Psychological Moment': Earle Page and the Imagining of Australia

by Stephen Wilks

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 thereby realise his vision of a decentralised, regionalised and rationally ordered nation. Page's unique dreaming of a very different Australia encompassed new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760463671
• ISBN13: 9781760463670
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.2"