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Humphrey McQueen, an original and provocative thinker, features regularly as a commentator on Australian radio, and as a contributor to various newspapers, and magazines. He is the author of more than a dozen books on subjects ranging through history, politics, opera, and the visual arts

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First reprint of 1978 second (corrected) edition - Published in trade paperback format and a small number of hard bound library copies. The development of mass media and advertising in 20th century Australia through the economic, political and ideological tasks they perform in monopoly capitalism.
 
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GeoffreyMG | 2 reseñas más. | Dec 17, 2023 |
First edition - Published in trade paperback format and a small number of hard bound library copies. The development of mass media and advertising in 20th century Australia through the economic, political and ideological tasks they perform in monopoly capitalism.
 
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GeoffreyMG | 2 reseñas más. | Dec 17, 2023 |
This book, published in 1996, is a biography of Tom Roberts, an English born Australian Painter known for such well known works as Shearing the Rams, The Break Away! and Bailed Up.

The book is a substantial 784 pages and initially presents as a challenging read, which gets more rewarding if you choose to persevere. I had some initial trouble with the writer's style... it almost felt like he was trying to frame Robert's life into an ideological pigeonhole. I actually put down the book at this point and internet searched a biography of the author, Humphrey McQueen, to try and understand where he was coming from. Not a good start. A lot of the first half of the book is more an exploration of the art scene of Britain and Australia in the second half of the 19th century, with Roberts somewhat of an elusive character and occasionally almost appearing irrelevant to the narrative. You are well repaid if you pause whilst reading the book to again search the internet for more information of the pictures and artists to which the author is referring. The second half of the book focuses more on Roberts the man and his decline in prominence in the art world in the second half of his life.

Getting to the end of the book is a relief, but again, if you persevere you will learn from it. The book could have, I feel, done with some judicious editing in places. If the book lost 100 pages or so in the process, and added more colour plates of Tom Robert's art, I think it could have been a better read.

If you have a genuine interest in art history, it is recommended. If not, you may struggle.

Copy Purchased Secondhand by the Reviewer from Time Booksellers, Somerville, $30.
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Bushwhacked | Sep 11, 2021 |
"It is my duty to report what people say,
but I am not required to believe it" - Herodotus.

During the Vietnam Moratorium campaign, ASIO had difficulty pigeon-holing Humphrey McQueen, whom they described as "an orthodox Leninist, Trotskyite and academic anarchist". He confesses only to thinking in ways that defy the police conception of history, in which nothing occurs by chance.

Paul Keating and John Howard used history to promote opposing policies on the republic and Mabo, invoking Manning Clark and Geoffrey Blainey as authorities for their respective sides.

When the Brisbane "Courier-Mail" claimed that Manning Clark was an agent of Soviet influence - or even a spy? - it turned up the heat in thee history wars. "Suspect History" interrogates the case against Clark and portrays the man who became "Mr Australian History" against the milieu in which he worked.

Humphrey McQueen reminds us of the stakes in the battle for possession of Australian History. Part memoir and part manifesto, part philippic and part philosophy, "Suspect History" muses on the problems of walking backwards into the future, turns a spotlight on the culture that the New Right forgot, and offers an optimistic account of our past that challenges the feel-good slogans of the Corporation Liberals...
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velvetink | Mar 31, 2013 |

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18
Miembros
221
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½ 3.3
Reseñas
7
ISBNs
29

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