Contraband & Controversy

Résumé du livre

Sequel to 'Smugglers and Sailors', this second volume in a two-volume history of the Australian Customs Service deals with events from 1901 onwards. Based on departmental archives and interviews with serving and retired customs officers, it discusses topics such as tariffs, censorship and drug detection. Traces the impact of the Customs Service on the development of Australian society and places it in historical context. Includes references, a bibliography and an index. A hardcover edition is also available. The author is Keith Cameron, professor of Australian history at University College, Dublin. His other books include 'Menzies and Churchill at War' and 'Reluctant Nation'. Special leatherbound edition.