Australian Between Empires

"Part biography, pace transnational history, this study details the life and career of Perey Spender, one of Australia's most promineur twentieth century political figures. Spender served his country in government, in oppostion and as an ambassador to the United States in a long and prestigious career dominated by Australian foreign policy. Spender's role in moving Australia closer towards American influence-while pushing at the boundaries of Australia's áBricishness'-is a key, element in Lowe's narrative." "This important series publishes monographs that address significant disnen stons of imperial history, from the early modern world to the twentieth century." Ranging across diverse imperial hestories, books published in the series are not limited to any geographical area, state or empire. Drawing on works of political, social, economic and cultural history, the history of science and political theory, the series encourages methodological pluralism and does not impose any particular conception of historical scholarship. While primary research based and focused on particular aspects of empire, works published seek to nuklress wider questions on the study of imporial history.