No paradise for workers
Subtitle: capitalism and the common people in Australia, 1788-1914
By: Ken Buckley and Ted Wheelwright.
Contributors: Wheelwright, E. L.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Melbourne; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Working class -- Australia -- History.; Capitalism -- Australia -- History.; Australia -- Economic conditions.
Description: Trade Unions - Strikes - White or Black? the Aborigines - The convict basis of the proletariat - Pastoral capitalism - Class war: Farmers and squatters; Class struggle on the land: miners or shearers - Working class divisions: skills, sexism, racism, religion - The 8 hour day - Depression.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 267-288.
Includes index.