Their Fiery Cross of Union: A Retelling of the Creation of the Australian Federation, 1889-1914

William Coleman

'Better than any other account, Their Fiery Cross of Union shatters the myths Australians have cherished about Federation. It both sets out those myths and-in gripping prose-exposes their limitations and contradictions. Using, without ever being heavy-handed, all the tools of modern social science, it m...