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Book SynopsisEssays study the development of the Australian workers' movement in the age of Empire. Why did the Australian Labour Party win a role in government so quickly? How widespread was Australian racism? Did women's winning the vote give them more influence in society? Attempting to settle these contentious issues was crucial to establishing a meaningful national identity.
Table of Contents1 Freedom or 'Fetteration'? Working Life and Federation, 1890-1914: Mark Hearn and Greg Patmore - 2 Federation and the Labour Movement: Stuart Macintyre - 3 Gender, Working Life and Federation: Raelene Frances - 4 Fighting Fatman Fetteration: Labour Culture and Federation: Lenore Layman - 'A New Race, Bread Of The Soil And Sun': Conceptualising Race And Labour, 1890- 1914.: Kay Saunders - 6 Federation and Labour: The National, State and Local Dimensions: Ray Markey - 7 From Patriotic Interest to Class Interest: Employers and Federation, 1890 to 1912: Erik Eklund - 8 Knitting The Social Safety Net: Reassessing The Role Of Federation In Shaping Social Pratection, 1901- 1914: Gaby Ramia and Nick Wailes - 9 "A Glimpse of Golden Green": Federation in a Country Town, Dungog, NSW: Glenda Strachan and Anne Dunne- 10 The 'Birmingham of Australia' and Federation: Lithgow, 1890-1914: Greg Patmore - 11 Citizenship and Locomotive Manufacture at the New South Wales Eveleigh Railway Workshops: Lucy Taksa-12 Charles Cameron Kingston: A Radical Liberal Comes to Terms with Labor: John Bannon - 13 Margaret Cuthbertson, Factory Inspection and the Political Lives of Working Women, 1890-1914: Joy Damousi - 14 Citizen Dwyer, John Dwyer's Campaign for the Right to Work, 1900-1914: Mark Hearn
