Civilising Capitalism The Labor Movement in NSW 1870 1900
Review of Bede Nairn s Civilising Capitalism The Labor Movement in New South Wales 1870 1900. The work surveys the NSW Labor rise, the role of parliamentary and trade union forces, and the influence of figures like John, Reid, and Parkes. Nairn portrays early socialists as a colorful clique, analyzes federation debates, and assesses Labor’s probationary era through 1890s reforms and electoral dynamics. The critic notes focused analysis, substantial research, and proposing fuller portraits of several leaders.
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Labor Party
George Reid
Labor
Federation
Reid
New South Wales
Nairn
John
Per
Bede Nairn
Australian National University Press
L. F. Crisp
Evatt
Mide
Pees
Holman
Billy Hughes
Iewe
Sydney
Matunim
Inabor
P. J. Brennan
Angus Cameron
F. B. Dixon
Jacob Garrard
China Watson
Henry Parkes
Beckett's First Love translation review and notes
A critical notice on Beckett’s First Love translated by Lulu Beckett’s stark tale of a rootless man who, after his father’s death, is drawn into a park bench encounter with a sex worker. The review comments on tone, themes, and Beckett's broader oeuvre, comparing it to How It Is and noting its concise 62 pages. The piece reflects on readability, dramatic focus, and Beckett’s reputation.
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Beckett
Lulu
Yeas
Glencoe Legend Sets Theme Glencoe Legend
Rona Randall's Glencoe tale centers on the Macdonald ancestral home Glencoe, its wild beauty and looming danger. A life changing death drives a twist filled with romance between Jon and Call, as Sullivan’s authorial craft weaves suspense through a fragile, haunting landscape.
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Glenrannoch
Rona Randall
Collins
Macdonald
Glencoe
Wodehouse Celebrates Birthday With New Novel Era
The Times notes G. Wodehouse near 80 and later 90, honored by The Times Literary Supplement and The New Yorker. It marks his birthday with Ice in the Bedroom and a biography, while his Jeeves world endures in fiction and stage adaptation.
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Wodehouse
the Bodkins
Basket Neck Lane
Long Island
New York
Jeeves and Wodehouse Critics in Homage Review
A review notes the enduring wit of P G Wodehouse through essays in Homage to P G Wodehouse edited by Thelma Cazalet Keir. Contributors like Lord Cecil and Malcolm Muggeridge praise the master’s prose and characters while recalling his World War II broadcasting controversy.
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S of Wodehouse
Blandings Castle
Barrie and Jenkins
P. G. Wodehouse
Thelma Cazalet-Keir
Wil Cecil
William
Compton Mackenzie
Auberon Waugh
Malcolm Muggeridge
Wodehouse
David Cecil
Clarence
Earl of Emsworth
Ronnie Fish
Ronnie
Lord Emsworth
Temporary Kings of this novel in the Music of Time sequence
Anthony Powell’s novel follows Jenkins and Widmerpool as they move through high society and personal crises in London. The narrative threads promise a dramatic finish as Widmerpool contends with his proclaimed innocence and ambition while the cast faces looming death and upheaval, shaping a tense close.
A Thin Blanket on Aborigines in Australian Society
A concise critical appraisal of the tenth ANU Press volume by Leonard Broom and F Lancaster Jones. The work revises earlier census studies, detailing Aboriginal social position in education, work, housing, and population structure, and issues policy recommendations emphasizing integration while noting sociological jargon and contested liberal orthodoxy.
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Australian National University Press
Academy of the Social Sciences
ANU
Bureau of Census and Statistics
Leonard Broom
F. Lancaster Jones
ANN Press
Geoffrey Sawer
Outback
Broom
Jones
Homosexuality in Social Reform Movements
A critical look at Gay Lib and Women’s Lib, linking liberalization trends in the Netherlands and the USA. The study argues homosexuality is not a single neurotic condition, stresses diverse causes, and notes family dynamics and social norms shape behavior and acceptance.
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Columbia
Minz
USA
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