Nugget Coombs: A Reforming Life - Couverture souple

Rowse, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521677831 ISBN 13 : 9780521677837

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

H. C. Coombs was one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century. Born in 1906, he is best known as the governor of the Reserve Bank, but the breadth of his activities and his commitment to public life until his death is unsurpassed. Tim Rowse traces Coombs' life from his childhood in Western Australia to his many roles as policy maker, change agent, advocate and adviser. Particularly interested in Coombs as an economist, Tim Rowse shows that a key motif in his life as a public servant was to create an economic rationality among the political elite that was socially integrative and that looked beyond the strictures of economics to environmental sustainability, scientific and artistic creativity. This 2002 book covers Coombs' life from birth to death, providing intriguing insights into the life of one of Australia's most influential people.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tim Rowse is a Senior Research Fellow, History Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521677831
• ISBN 13: 9780521677837
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 446
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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