Manning Clark's History of Australia: an Abridgement
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Manning Clark's History of Australia: an Abridgement by Michael Cathcart
In 1962, the first volume of Manning Clark's ""A History of Australia"" appeared. For the next two-and-a-half decades Clark unfolded his tragic celebration of white Australian history. Today, the six-volume history is one of the masterpieces of Australian literature. It is also one of the most passionately debated visions of Australian history. Clark's Australians are men and women of lively goodwill and deep sinfulness, of generous idealism and unthinking brutality. He dramatizes the motivating forces of Australian life - cowardice and vision, cruelty and defiance, greatness of spirit and the spiritual vacuity of the suburbs - all of them locked in the unceasing struggle which builds a nation. Michael Cathcart has re-orchestrated Clark's epic narrative in this single volume. Every page of this abridgement rings with Manning Clark's voice. Here, at last, the general reader can encounter the deep resonances, pessimism and passion of Manning Clark - Australian historian and prophet. Michael Cathcart is co-author of ""Mission to the South Seas: the Voyage of the Duff"" and author of ""Defending the National Tuckshop"", a study of conservative responses to the Great Depression.
Michael Cathcart was born in Melbourne in 1956, the year television came to Australia. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, the University of Melbourne, the Australian National University and a tyre factory in Port Melbourne. He teaches at the University of Melbourne and is the author of Defending the National Tuckshop, a study of conservative responses to the Great Depression. He is currently writing a history of water-dreaming in Australia. His fatal flaws are a love of theatre and a preference for short books.
Born in Sydney in 1915, Manning Clark won scholarships to Melbourne Grammar School and the University of Melbourne. He later attended Balliol College, Oxford, and in the early 1940s taught history at schools in England and Australia. He was senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne and, later, Professor of History in the School of General Studies, Australian National University. In 1972 he became the first Professor of Australian History and was awarded honorary doctorates by the universities of Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney. In 1975 Clark was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, in recognition of his writing of the History, and was named Australian of the Year for 1980. Professor Clark died in May 1991.
Born in Sydney in 1915, Manning Clark won scholarships to Melbourne Grammar School and the University of Melbourne. He later attended Balliol College, Oxford, and in the early 1940s taught history at schools in England and Australia. He was senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne and, later, Professor of History in the School of General Studies, Australian National University. In 1972 he became the first Professor of Australian History and was awarded honorary doctorates by the universities of Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney. In 1975 Clark was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, in recognition of his writing of the History, and was named Australian of the Year for 1980. Professor Clark died in May 1991.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780522845235 |
| ISBN 10 | 0522845231 |
| Title | Manning Clark's History of Australia: an Abridgement |
| Author | Michael Cathcart |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press |
| Year published | 1989-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
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