Manning Clark: Essays on His Place in History - Softcover
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 of 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 of 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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- PublisherMelbourne University Press
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0522846408
- ISBN 13 9780522846409
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages236
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: FINE! (unused). AUSTRALIANAÂManning 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 of 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. 1. Remembering Manning / Don Baker and Russel Ward 2. 'Always a pace or two apart' / Stuart Macintyre 3. A Sentimental Humanist / G. P. Shaw 4. Clark and Patrick White / John Rickard 5. In Khruschev's Russia / P. A. Howell 6. A History of Australia as Epic / J. S. Ryan 7. History Without Facts / M. H. Ellis 8. Women in 'A Man's World' / Susan Pfisterer-Smith 9. A Sense of Place / John Atchison 10. 'I'm sorry, very sorry.' / Jo Woolmington 11. Two Clarks / John Barrett 12. The Whole Game Escaped Him / John Hirst 13. A Great Historian? / Alan Atkinson 14. The Teacher / Susan Davies 15. In the Public Arena / John Warhurst 16. The Ryan Affair / Peter Craven 17. Clark and National Identity / Miriam Dixson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-227) and index. Clark, Manning, 1915-1991 Clark, Manning, 1915-1991. History of Australia Australia -- Historiography Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Seller Inventory # 83701
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