Look Here and Look Here Australian Architecture Books Visit
A critical read of two books on Australian urban design and architecture. The reviewer contrasts Look Here edited by John Button and Towards an Australian Architecture edited by Harry Sowden, noting urban constraints, planning aims, and the social cost of space while praising some visual documentation and urging clearer labeling of locations and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Button
Kurt Weld
Cheshire
Harry Sowden
Re Smith
Hellenism and the Rise of Rome and The Decline of Rome review
This critique assesses P Grimal’s Hellenism and the Rise of Rome and J Vogt’s The Decline of Rome within the Weidenfeld Universal History and History of Civilization series. It notes Grimal’s uneven handling of sources and some strong passages on the Punic Wars, while praising Vogt for a structured, cautious narrative from AD 200 to 500 and for highlighting how Christianity shaped late Roman foundations and the transition to Byzantine and feudal eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grima
Sorbonne
Vogt
Tubingen
Ronald Syme
Rome
Near East
Alexander the Great
Grimal
Regulus
Menander
Gibbon
Michael Grant
Western India in the Nineteenth Century review
Ravinder Kumar of ANU Press surveys Maharashtra and the Deccan under British rule, countering colonial caricatures with a sociological frame. He asks how land revenue, education, and policy reshaped village and urban life, noting both blunders and gains in social mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western India
Ravinder Kumar
ANU Press
Deccan
Bengal
India
Sind
Kanara
Bombay Presidency
Dr Kumar
Maharashtra
Bombay
E. Stokes
F. Ballhatcher
de Kumar
Poona
Power Struggle and book notices in Australia
Alan Reid details the Gorton ascent to prime minister in Australia. Hanoi by Mary McCarthy recounts North Vietnam experience amid war, U.S. assaults, and resilient locals. Kenneth T. Young analyzes U.S. China talks 1953 1967 and future implications. Doris Adv cooks and blends curries across South Asia for Australian readers. Ruth Morgan offers broad recipe guidance. Dr Christine Pickard on birth control basics. Brace Rye cartoon collection and reviews. Charlie Hope and Out of Hiding reviews critique colonial Australian and Harlem depictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Reid
John Gorton
Australia
Reid
Canberra Press Gallery
Warold Holt
Hanoi
Mary McCarthy
North Vietnam
Geneva
Warsaw
Sultan's Kitchen
Doris M
India
Pakistan
Burma
Ceylon
New Zealand
Ruth Morgan
Woman
Christine Pickard
Drickard
Petty
Bracery
Let the Balloon Go. A child’s coming-of-age tale
Ivan Southall delivers a vivid coming of age story in which 12 year old John Clement Sumner gains a day of freedom. The narrative follows his struggle with parental protection, dreams of love and hate, and a dramatic climb to a gum tree as he questions future choices. The book blends deep emotion with a tense climactic moment and a hopeful end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signadou
Watson
John Clement Sumner
John
Legacy of Discord Laos Buffer State or Battleground
Review of Hugh Toye’s Legacy of Discord Laos buffer state study. The analysis covers Laos three level dynamics with superpowers, neighbours, and internal ethnic divides. Toye, a former British attaché, argues four historical paths have shaped Laos and outlines the enduring tensions between Left and Right, tribal and Lao, and regional powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
Hugh Toye
Oxford University Press
Kennedy
Eisenhower
United States
Thailand
Vietnam
Prince Souvanna Phouma
Kong Lae
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Sowden
Sydney University
Vincents
Sydney
John Dalton
Brisbane
Canberra
Fabian Society
Button
Fabian
Bureau of Census
Mediterranean
Ah Bloggs
Demetrius Poliorcetes
P. Grimal
A. M. S. Smith
C. Woartenburg
Weidenfeld
London
J. Vogt
J. Sondheimer
London Jungle
By Bruce McPherson
Charlie Hope
Morris Lurie
Hodder and Stoughton
Price
W. J. Weatherby
Sunbeam Talbot
Nathan Fine
Tangiers
Charlie
George
Willy Loman
Mican
Nathan
J. Paul Getty
Harlem
America
Weatherby
James Baldwin
Ivan Southall
Methuen & Co Ltd
van Southall
Jean Miller
Minerva
Manuka
Mary Brennan
Legacy of
Discord
By J. L. S. Girling
Mekong River
Souvanna Phouma
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Bangkok
Mekong
China
Cambodia
National Unity
Clus
Nicholson Books
Box
G.P.O
Perth, W.A
University Texts
Vernon Report
ANU. Handbook
Verity Hewitt Pty Ltd
Garema Arcade
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