Barney; The Story of Rees D. Williams, Architect of the White-Collar Union Movement
by White, Kate
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0949905429
- ISBN 13
- 9780949905420
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hargreen Publishing Company, North Melbourne, Victoria, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. list of abbreviations, foreword by Author, author's note, bibliography and index. Yellow coloured endpapers. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece of Barney Williams by Angus Cummings. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white cartoons and the occasional table. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Illustrated dust wrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece, with blue coloured background and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and spine. Biography of Rees D. Williams -- Barney as he was universally known lived up to his name. He was not somebody to avoid a fight. He led the Australian bank employees union in its first industrial action. He presided over a period when the organisations representing white-collar workers ceased to be "gentlemen's clubs" and became unions. He was active in the Australian Labor Party and sought to build bridges between the ALP and the white-collar unions. Kate White gives the reader a behind the scenes glimpse of the postwar development of the union movement and of the evolution of the modern ALP. Digital and available upon request. A little rubbing to the head and heel of spine with some shelfwear to the lower book edges. Lower book corners are bumped. A little rubbing to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 244 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Trade Unions; Unions -- Australia; Australia; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0949905429. ISBN/EAN: 9780949905420. Inventory No: 0104460. . 9780949905420
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104460
- Title
- Barney; The Story of Rees D. Williams, Architect of the White-Collar Union Movement
- Author
- White, Kate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0949905429
- ISBN 13
- 9780949905420
- Publisher
- Hargreen Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- North Melbourne, Victoria
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Trade Unions -- Australia -- Biography, Australian Bank Employees Union Biography & Autobiography; Trade Unions; Unions -- Australia; Australia; Politics & Government. Unbranded ISBN: 0949905429 EAN: 9780949905420 White, Kate Barney; The S
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