William Lane and the New Australia in Paraguay
Gavin Souter portrays William Lane's 1890s utopian project New Australia in Paraguay. The book traces Lane's pull to idealistic self sacrifice, the migrant colonists from Australia, their governance, hardships, and eventual disintegration, ending with their fading identity among Paraguayan life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lane
Australia
Paraguay
Ts Lane
Brisbane
North America
Austral
Gavin Souter
Lane
New
Lloyd Ross
Sydney
Adelaide
Queensland
Royal Tar
W. G.’ Spence
J. C. Watson
W. A. Holman
Bulletin
Souter
Mary Gilmore
New Australia
Robert Owen
Cosme
Auckland
Anzac
Nueva
The New French Revolution A Social and Economic Survey
Book review of John Ardagh’s The New French Revolution 1945-1967. It notes the author’s Paris years, widespread interviews, and a society split between old France and a rapid tech driven modernization. The review praises the study’s breadth, detail, and balanced critique of politics, economy, and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
John Ardagh
Secker and Warburg
Times
Paris
de Gaulle
Britain
Ardagh
Edgar Faure
Rene Capitani
Grenoble
Caen
Rennes
Louis Armand
Philippe Lamour
California
Languedoc
Leclerc
Montmartre
Les Halles
Mary Renault novel reissued by Longmans in 1939 work
Mary Renault’s debut Purpose of Love, published in 1939, is reissued by Longmans at $3.90. The tale centers on a nurse and a laboratory pathologist in a hidden bisexual romance, told with tenderness and insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Renault
Longmans
Making Friends with 100 Composers by James Glen non
James Glennon’s ninth book in the Making Friends with Music series offers music students a compact guide. It provides short biographies of 100 composers and notes principal works. The author shares opinions, including brief assessments of controversial figures like Schoenberg Stravinsky Poulenc and Prokofiev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Glennon
Rigby
Glennon
Schoenberg
Stravinsky
Poulenc
Prokofiev
W. L. Hoffmann
Seven Days at the Silbersteins reviewed
A critical reading notes Leroux’s Seven Days at the Welgevonden farm tale. Henry seeks his bride Salome across six wild parties with artists farmers and multi racial guests. The novel probes Good and Evil knowledge and alienation amid mechanised society and colonial settings.
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Silbersteins
Welgevonden
Salome
Henry
Hnry
Australian Government and Politics Handbook spotlight
ASTRALIAN Government and Politics' 2 Handbook by Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham from ANU Press priced 10 to 50 dollars. The reference aims to guide historians political scientists and journalists on party allegiance in the federal system. It notes seven governments publish lists often inaccurate and the handbook took five years to compile from official and unofficial sources. Supplements planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astralian
Colin A. Hughes
B. D. Graham
ANU Press
Tis
Colin’ “Hughes
Columbia University
London School of Economics
University of Queensland
B.D. Graham
The
University of New Zealand
SEMAN
Erreuvara
Inte Ag
Fidel Cistro
Ef OuLa
de Guevar
Hannoor
Goufrey Blunden
Con
Kgm
Joral Reef
Alan
Waills
Policy
Plan Enim
Australan
Poley
Australia
Stewart
Washington
Stewart ‘Allop
America
Sampson
Europe
Crawier
Oade
Kimberley
North Westen Australis
Amany
Ein Caves
Japan
Linucens van. der Post
van der Post
Neaie Murch
Roderick Allen
Christina — Clerc
Cheshires
Garema Place
Civic Centre
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Paragtungs
Angus and Robertson
Utopia
Wiliam Lane
England
Spee
Massif Central
Lorraine
Maurice Dunlevy
David Campbell
Ariel
John Turnbull
Harry Oakman
Bruce Devlin
Dunlop International
Angus & Robertson
Victor G
Ambrus
Maryke
Seven Seas
Barbano
Margaret Balderson
Norway
Ingebora
Hene Stange
Garman Natn
Edward Blishen
Hester Burton
London
Oxfordshire
Lizzie
Nan Chauncy
Elizabeth
Shag Island
Oxford University Press
By Robert Moss
Jock
Jack
Leroux
Geoff de Fraga
Eer
the Deer
Michele Ray
Two Shores OF
Hell
James Michener
Iberia
University Tex Verity Hewitt Pty
Garema
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