Along for the ride
Subtitle: a political memoir
By: Tony Simpson
Publisher: Blythswood Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Wellington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9780473392345
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Political and social views; Historians; Biography; Labor union members; Civil service; Politics and government
Description: The author of sixteen published books, including the award-winning Sugarbag Years, Tony is one of New Zealand's best known social historians. But through his working life he has also been a witness to and participant in major events shaping current society: irritating Muldoon, watching Thatcher's rise during his OE, seeing off the Lange government and its Rogernomics, and ultimately serving as senior advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton. With dollops of wry wit, Along for the Ride offers us a politically committed insider's probing insights into some of recent history's most momentous changes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Growing up absurd (1950-1962); title: Beer and explanations (1963-1968); title: The man from the wireless (1969-1972); title: Liquid soap and lighthouse keepers (1972-1976); title: Trade unionist; title: by appointment (1976-1978); title: Step change: the eighties (1979-1988); title: Something to declare (1987-1996); title: From opposition to government (1997-2002); title: The house of governors (2003-2011); title: The politics of scribbing; title: Meat and drink; title: A very private life.