This collection of essays from the fourth Whitlam Conference of Labor Historians marks a further important stage in documenting the history of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the wider labour movement.

The successful fourth Whitlam conference was an important event in the celebrations of the centenary of the ALP and was held in November 1991.

The conference took as its theme 'a century of social change'.

The contributors to this volume are Gough Whitlam, Tim Battin, Sean Brawley, Frank Cain, Rodney Cavalier, Phillip Deery, Graham Freudenberg, Michael Howard, Bob James, Ross McMullin, Declan O'Connell, Michael Sexton and Paul Smyth.

Like its predecessors this volume will be a valuable source of information for political theorists and all enthusiasts of Labor history.

A Century of Social Change is a companion volume to Traditions for Reform in NSW; Whitlam, Wran and the Labor Tradition; and Bede Nairn and Labor History.

'The conferences bring together a great number of most interested and expert people . . . Since the proceedings are published, a much wider audience is able to benefit from their expertise and their exchange of views.'
Gough Whitlam