
Manning Clark
Essays on His Place in History
Carl Bridge(Author)
Melbourne University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. October 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
1 pages
978-0-522-84640-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
370 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-522-84640-9 (9780522846409)
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Carl Bridge was an Associate Professor in History at the University of New England and editor of Munich to Vietnam (1991).