Manning Clark's work provokes violent reactions for and against. His majestic six-volume A History of Australia 'helped us to know who we are'. Yet attacks on Clark stretch back fifty years, and Peter Ryan accused him recently of writing 'gooey subjective pap, much of it false'. These essays offer detailed, scholarly analysis of the History--its style and structure, its dominant themes, its treatment of women and Aborigines, its sense of place, its reliability. They examine Clark's place among Australian historians, ...
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Manning Clark's work provokes violent reactions for and against. His majestic six-volume A History of Australia 'helped us to know who we are'. Yet attacks on Clark stretch back fifty years, and Peter Ryan accused him recently of writing 'gooey subjective pap, much of it false'. These essays offer detailed, scholarly analysis of the History--its style and structure, its dominant themes, its treatment of women and Aborigines, its sense of place, its reliability. They examine Clark's place among Australian historians, artists and writers, his public role as 'the best guru in the business', his teaching methods, his philosophy of life, and his thinking on national identity. How should we judge Manning Clark's contribution? What is his place in Australian history? This book seeks to inform opinion and to steady the debate. Its contributors include historians, political scientists, literary critics, classicists, men and women, young and old, friends and enemies.
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Add this copy of Manning Clark: Essays on His Place in History to cart. $21.13, very good condition, Sold by Berry Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berry, NSW, AUSTRALIA, published 1995 by Melbourne University Press.
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Very Good. 9780522846409. Australian History. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Australian History; ISBN: 0522846408. ISBN/EAN: 9780522846409. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 41080.
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Fine. 8vo. viii, 236pp, index, notes. Or card covers. Slightest of edge wear. Debate has always surrounded Manning Clark's contributions to the literature of Australia's history. This book seeks to inform opinion and steady the debate with contributions from historians, political scientists, literary critics, classicists, men and women, old and young, friends and enemies.
Add this copy of Manning Clark: Essays on His Place in History to cart. $74.66, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Melbourne University Press.
