The conscription conflict and the Great War / edited by Robin Archer, Joy Damousi, Murray Goot and Sean Scalmer.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoClayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, [2016]
Description220 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

Other author/creatorArcher, Robin.
Other author/creatorDamousi, Joy.
Other author/creatorGoot, Murray.
Other author/creatorScalmer, Sean.
SeriesAustralian history
Australian history (Monash University Publishing) ^A1348607
Contents 'The most interesting experiment that has ever been made in a political democracy': conscription and the Great War / Robin Archer and Sean Scalmer -- 'A real heritage of the English people: British liberalism and 'continental despotism' / Douglas Newton -- Labour and liberty: the origins of the conscription referendum / Robin Archer -- Anti-conscription in Australia: individuals, organisations and arguments / Frank Bongiorno -- Universities and conscription: the 'yes' campaigns and the University of Melbourne / Joy Damousi -- The results of the 1916 and 1917 conscription referendums re-examined / Murray Goot -- Why was it easier to introduce and implement conscription in some English-speaking countries than others? / John Connor -- Conscription in the First World War: Britain and Australia / Ross McKibbin -- Legend and lamentation: remembering the anti-conscription struggle / Sean Scalmer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016429967
ISBN9781925377224
ISBN1925377229