Richard Seddon: King of God's Own

Released on by Tom Brooking
preview-18

  • Richard Seddon: King of God's Own Book Detail

  • Author : Tom Brooking
  • Release Date : 2014-08-27
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 976
  • ISBN 13 : 1742539297
  • File Size : 60,60 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Richard Seddon: King of God's Own by Tom Brooking PDF Summary

Book Description: **2014 Must Read** Otago Daily Times 'The life, the health, the intelligence, and the morals of the nation count for more than riches, and I would rather have this country free from want and squalor and unemployed than the home of multi-millionaires.'—Richard Seddon, 1905 *** Casting a long shadow over New Zealand history, Richard John Seddon, Premier from 1893 to his untimely death in 1906, held a clear vision for the country he led. Pushing New Zealand in more egalitarian directions than ever before, he was both the builder and the maintenance man – if not the architect – of our country. Challenging popular opinion of New Zealand's longest-serving Prime Minister as a ruthless pragmatist, cunning misogynist and Imperialistic jingoist, this landmark biography of Seddon presents an altogether more sympathetic, erudite appraisal. Reconciling two generations of New Zealand scholarship, Richard Seddon: King of God's Own demonstrates that, while holding fast to common ideals, Seddon was successful by mastering the art of the possible. He knew instinctively what his electorate would tolerate and remained in step with public opinion. Despite contradictions in his attitudes towards other races, he fought to ensure privilege did not become entrenched in what he envisioned as a white man's utopia. In this perceptive new evaluation, political historian Tom Brooking explains Seddon's complex relationship with Maori and shows how he in fact held a progressively bi-cultural vision for the future of 'God's Own Country'. Seddon was no saint. Somewhat autocratic and given to petty nepotism, he nevertheless remains the most dominant political leader in our country's history. Internationally, his high profile within the Empire helped put New Zealand on the map. Domestically, he sought a middle ground between free-market extremism and full-blown socialism. And more privately, Seddon was a devoted family man, his actions shaped much more by his supportive wife and assertive daughters than has previously been realised. Richard Seddon: King of God's Own is a superlative achievement in New Zealand history writing. Absorbing, wide-ranging and beautifully articulated, it reframes and repositions one of the founding fathers of modern New Zealand. *** 'The definitive biography of one of New Zealand's most influential political leaders.' —Paul Moon, author of New Zealand in the Twentieth Century 'King of God's Own is a nuanced and generous assessment of our most famous Premier, a man very much of his own time.' —Gavin McLean, co-editor of the bestselling Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand 'An excellent biography, and a major revision of an important period in this country's history.' —Barry Gustafson, acclaimed biographer of Sir Keith Holyoake, Sir Robert Muldoon and Michael Joseph Savage Also available as an eBook

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Richard Seddon: King of God's Own books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Richard Seddon: King of God's Own

Richard Seddon: King of God's Own

File Size : 72,72 MB
Total View : 5415 Views
DOWNLOAD

**2014 Must Read** Otago Daily Times 'The life, the health, the intelligence, and the morals of the nation count for more than riches, and I would rather have t

Joseph Chamberlain

Joseph Chamberlain

File Size : 24,24 MB
Total View : 6605 Views
DOWNLOAD

Winston Churchill described Joseph Chamberlain as 'the man who made the weather' for twenty years in British politics between the 1880s and the 1900s. This volu

People, Power, and Law

People, Power, and Law

File Size : 2,2 MB
Total View : 3512 Views
DOWNLOAD

This book offers a unique insight into the key legal and social issues at play in New Zealand today. Tackling the most pressing issues, it tracks the evolution

Political Life Writing in the Pacific

Political Life Writing in the Pacific

File Size : 24,24 MB
Total View : 5183 Views
DOWNLOAD

This book aims to reflect on the experiential side of writing political lives in the Pacific region. The collection touches on aspects of the life writing art t

Becoming Aotearoa

Becoming Aotearoa

File Size : 87,87 MB
Total View : 508 Views
DOWNLOAD

In the first major national history of Aotearoa New Zealand to be published for 20 years, Professor Michael Belgrave advances the notion that New Zealand's two