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1621 and All That. "Literary Culture in Jacobean England: Reading 1621" by Paul Salzman. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-08)A crucial difference between Salzman's work and more conventional literary histories is its privileging of reading over writing: he aims to cover what was readable in 1621, not simply what was written then. His book begins ... -
The 30/30/40 Society. "The Lowest Rung: Voices of Australian Poverty" by Mark Peel. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)In this fine book, Peel reminds us that there are Australians who experience inadequate income, misery, eviction, homelessness, distress, cold and hunger. Not having enough income is a real experience, but it does not ... -
725 Bases of Power. "The Sorrows of Empire" by Chalmers Johnson. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2004-05)Chalmers Johnson, who began his career in the US Navy and became a consultant to the CIA, is one of the most respected American experts on East Asia and international affairs. Over the past few years, he has emerged as a ... -
The Abacus of History. "The History Wars" by Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark and "Whitewash: On Keith Windschuttle's Fabrication of Aboriginal History" By Robert Manne (ed) [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-10)Both "Whitewash" and "The History Wars" suggest that the discipline of history in Australia is a battlefield for the nation’s hearts and minds. But, more explicitly, it is a plaything for particular ideological forces. At ... -
Abiding Arabs in Australia. "Arab-Australians Today: Citizenship and Belonging", by Ghassan Hage (ed.). [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2002-06)This important collection raises fundamental questions about citizenship and belonging in an historical era in which identity is even more ethnicised than it used to be, and where struggles over access to citizenship, ... -
Abundant Pleasures. "The Diaries of Donald Friend, Volume 2" by Paul Hetherington (ed). [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-12)With the swift appearance of a second volume of Friend's diaries, a new editor wrestles afresh with the many challenges embedded in Friend’s rich literary legacy. Hetherington offers here a spirited and overdue attempt to ... -
Activist in White Gloves. "Faith: Faith Bandler, Gentle Activist" by Marilyn Lake. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2002-10)Lake advances continuities between Bandler's lifelong commitment to coalition politics, non-racialism and contemporary campaigns for reconciliation. This is surely the ground of ongoing discussions between biographer and ... -
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