Australiana

Robert Cooksey (ed.), The Great Depression in Australia, Labour History, 17, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Canberra, 1970, pp. 186, $2.50 ($1.50 to members).

Bob Bottom, Behind the Barrier, Gareth Powell Associates, Sydney, n.d. (1970?), $2.50.

B. C. Fitzgerald (ed.), Background to Politics: a sourcebook of major documents and statements which affect the course of Australian politics, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 130, $2.75.

Athol Jones, ABC of Politics, Cassell Australia, Melbourne, 1970, pp. 280, $3.50.

D. M. Lamberton, Science, Technology, and the Australian Economy, Tudor Press, Sydney, 1970, pp. 286 + iii, $2.25.

Hans Mol, Christianity in Chains: A Sociologist's Interpretation of the Churches’ Dilemma in a Secular World, Nelson (Australia), Melbourne, 1969, pp. 120, $1.95.

Grey Hodnett and Peter J. Potichnyj, The Ukraine and the Czechoslovak Crisis, Occasional Paper No. 6, Department of Political Science, A.N.U.‐I.A.S., A.N.U. Press, Canberra, 1970, pp. 154+ v, $1.50.

Charles Osborne (ed.), Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific: A Handbook, Anthony Blond, London, 1970, pp. 580+ xi, $15.40.

B. A. Santamaria, The Defence of Australia, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1970, pp. 147, $1.85.

R. J. W. Selleck (ed), Melbourne Studies in Education, 1970, Melbourne University Press, 1970, pp. 264 + vii, $6.75.

Australian Association of Adult Education, The Political Education of Australians, A.A.A.E., Canberra, 1969, pp. 92 + xii, $1.00.

Paul Hasluck, Black Australians: A Survey of Native Policy in Western Australia, 1829–1897, Melbourne University Press, 1970, pp. 229, $6.75.

Richard P. Davis, State Aid and Tasmanian Politics, 1868–1920, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 1969, pp. 135 + iv. From University Bookshop, Hobart, $2.65 ($2.75 overseas) posted.

Joseph Martin, A Guide to Economic Policy in Australia, West Publishing Corporation, Sydney, 1969, pp. 164 + xi, $2.50.

George Mitchell, Growers in Action: Official History of the Victorian Wheat and Wool‐growers’ Association, 1927–1968, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 356 + vi, $5.50.

L. E. Fredman, The Australian Ballot: Story of an American Reform, Michigan State University Press, Lansing, 1968, pp. 150 + xii, $U.S.5.75.

Bruce Sutherland, Australiana in the Pennsylvania State University Libraries, Bibliographical Series No. 1, Pennsylvania State University Libraries, University Park, Penn., 1969, pp. 391 + x, n.p.

Sidney Sax (ed.), The Aged in Australian Society, Angus and Robertson in association with ANZAAS, Sydney, 1970, pp. 137, n.p.

D. C. Thomson (ed.), Industrial Relations in the I970's, Law Book Co., Sydney, 1970, pp. 81 + vii, $2.85.

N. E. Lauritz, The Vietnam Moratorium, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1970, pp. 40, 50c.

Sean Glynn, Urbanisation in Australian History, 1788–1900, Nelson, Melbourne, 1970, pp. 67, 95c.

R. L. Wettenhall, The Iron Road and the State: W. M. Acworth as Scholar, Critic and Reformer, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 1970, pp. 69 + iii, $1 plus postage, from Univ. of Tas. Bookroom.

T. B. Millar, Soviet Policies in the Indian Ocean Area, Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence, 7, A.N.U. Press, Canberra, 1970, pp. 22, 90c.

Malcolm Mackerras (ed.), The State of Play, Politics Reference Monograph 1 and 2.APSA, Sydney, 1970, pp. 8; 20c (posted) No. 1, 15c No. 2, from Mr. Ken Chan, Dept. of Govt., Univ. of Sydney.

The latest University Studies in History, 1969, G. C. Bolton and J. A. Merritt (eds.), University of W.A. Press, pp. 94, $1.05     

Book notes

Australian Books

Burgess Cameron: Federal Economic Policy, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1968, pp. 100, $1.55.

J. G. Crawford, assisted by Nancy Anderson and Margery G. N. Morris: Australian Trade Policy, 1942–1966: A Documentary History, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1968, pp. 641 ‐f xxvii, $10.50.

James Griffin, ed.: Essays in Economic History of Australia, 1788–1939, Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1967, pp. 296, $4.50.

Australian Institute of Political Science: New Guinea . . . Future Indefinite? ed. John Wilkes, Angus and Roberston, Sydney, 1968, pp. 167. $2.25.

C. W. (Edgar) Williams: Yellow Green and Red, The Worker Newspaper, Brisbane, 1967, pp. 408 + xv, $4 plus postage.

R. L. Wettenhall: A Guide to Tasmanian Government Administration, Platypus Publications, Hobart, 1968, pp. 341 + xii, $6.50 plus postage, from OBMs Booksellers, 36 Elizabeth Street, Hobart.

L. D. Meo: Japan's Radio War on Australia, 1941–1945, Melbourne University Press, 1968, pp. 300 + xv, $6.75.

T. H. Rigby, ed.: The Stalin Dictatorship, Sydney University Press, 1968, pp. 128, $2.

David S. Macmillan: Australian Universities, Sydney University Press, 1968, pp. 98 + xiii, $4.

Donald B. Williams: Agricultural Extension: Farm Extension Services in Australia, Britain and the United States of America, Melbourne University Press, 1968, pp. 218 + xi., $6.90.

B. D. Haig: Real Product, Income, and Relative Prices in Australia and the United Kingdom, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1968, pp. 105 + x, $3.

Geoffrey Serle: The Golden Age: A History of the Colony of Victoria. 1851–1861, Melbourne University Press, 1968, pp. 455, $3.75.

Henry Mayer: The Press in Australia, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1968, pp. 281 + xxi, $10.

Richard G. Fox, The Concept of Obscenity, Law Book Co., Melbourne, 1967. pp. 193, $4.75.

R. J. W. Selleck, ed.: Melbourne Studies in Education, 1967, Melbourne University Press, 1968, pp. 251, $6.75.

John Larkin and Geoffrey Barker: The Holt Report, The Age, Melbourne, 1968, pp. 121, $1.

R. B. Rose: The Enrages: Socialists of the French Revolution? Sydney University Press, for Australian Humanities Research Council, 1968, pp. 102, $2.

Russell Mathews: Public Investment in Australia, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 461, $14.50.

Bethia Foott: Dismissal of a Premier (The Philip Game Papers), Morgan Publications, Sydney, 1968, pp. 223, $4.25.

John L. Dillon and G. C. McFarlane, comps.: An Australasian Bibliography of Agricultural Economics, 1788–1960, Dept. of Agriculture, N.S.W., pp. 433, Government Printer, Sydney, 1967, $6.

L. J. Louis and Ian Turner, eds.: The Depression of the 1930s, Cassell Australia, Melbourne, 1968, pp. 239, $3.50.

J. T. Gilchrist and W. J. Murray, eds.: Eye‐Witness: Selected Documents from Australia's Past, Rigby, Adelaide, 1968, pp. 257, $1.90.

A. K. Collins: The Dynamics of Organization, Sun Books, Melbourne, 1968, pp. 128, $1.85.

Australian Pamphlets

Communism, Conspiracy and Treason, Tidal Publications, Sydney, 1968, pp. 22, free.

University of Queensland Press: Microform Division: 1968 Catalogue, pp. 14, free.

F. K. Crowley: Sir John Forrest, The John Murtagh Macrossau Lecture, 1967, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1968, pp. 22, 75c.

Elmer Zalums, comp.: Western Australian Government Publications: 1829–1959, Flinders University of S.A., Bedford Park, 1968, pp. 288, roneod.

Colin A. Hughes: Political Stability and Political Behaviour, University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1968, pp. 26.

R. W. Gibson, comp.: Directory of Market Research Organizations, Market Research Society of Australia, Melbourne, 1966, and Supplement, pp. 7, 1967.

Geoffrey Sawer: Ombudsmen, 2nd ed., Melbourne University Press, 1968, pp. 50, 75c.

W. M. Corden, Australian Economic Policy Discussion: A Survey, Melbourne University Press, 1968, pp. 71, $1.65.

Report of a Special Committee of the Australian Council of Churches, 1968: Conscientious Objection to Military Service, Sydney, 1968, pp. 48, 60c.

Harold Holt: Advance Australia, the First Monash Economics Lecture, 1967, Melbourne, 1968, pp. 18, $1.

Rex Mortimer, Jack Blake: Some Problems of the Australian Left, Sydney, 1968, pp. 18, 20c.

John Playford: The Truth behind “Captive Nations Week” and the extremist emigres—A.B.N. (Anti‐Bolshevik Bloc of Nations) in Australia, Sydney, 1968, pp. 27, Outlook—as above, 30c.

Communication—Key to Good Government, Fourth Summer School of Professional Journalism, Canberra, 1968, pp. 84, SI incl. postage from P.O. Box 1315, Canberra City, A.C.T., 2601.

John Bennett: Freedom of Expression in Australia, Civil Liberties Publication, Melbourne, 1968, pp. 39, 30c. From J. Bennett, 89 Caroline St., South Yarra, Vic, 3141.

Bill Hayden: The Implications of Democratic Socialism. Melbourne, Vic. Fabian Society, 1968, pp. 28, 40c.

We the Australians: What is to follow the Referendum? Proceedings of the Inter‐Racial Seminar held at the University College of Townsville, 2–3 December, 1967. Inter‐Racial Citizens’ Committee, Townsville, 1968, pp. 33, $1.30.

Clyde Holding: The Good Oil and What it Means to the People in Victoria, Melbourne, 1968, pp. 28, 30c.

Australian Journals

The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 1 (1), March, 1968, pp.64.

The University Liberal, ed. P. W. Nichols, 1 (3) N.S. 1968, pp. 32, n.p., no other details.

Aboriginal Quarterly, Newspaper of Abschol. Aboriginal Affairs Dept. of N.U.A.U.S., 1 (1). March, 1968, pp. 12.

History and Politics Review: Western Australia, 1 (1), 1967, History and Politics Society, University of W.A., pp. 63, multilithed, 75c.

The New Conservative: a journal for balanced opinion, 1 (1), June, 1968, pp. 24, 20c or $2 p.a., Box 179, P.O., Kings Cross, N.S.W. 2011. Multilithed.

Spectra: A D.L.P. journal of comment, review and background information, 1 (1) July, 1968, pp. 16.

Partisan: An independent journal of comment and analysis, 1 (1), June, 1968, pp. 38.

Overseas Texts

Joseph R. Barager, ed.: Why Peron came to Power, Knopf, New York, 1968, pp. 274, $U.S.2.75.

R. M. Punnett: British Government and Politics, Heinemann, London, 1968, pp. 488 + xii, $6.40.

Eugene K. Garber and John M. Crossett, eds.: Liberal and Conservative: Issues for College Students, Scott, Foresman and Co., Glenview, Ill., 1968, pp. 334.

Charles A McCoy and John Playford, eds.: Apolitical Politics: A Critique of Behavioralism. Thomas Crowell, New York, 1967, pp. 246, $5.30.

Robert Benewick and Robert E. Dowse, eds.: Readings on British Politics and Government, University of London Press, London, 1968, pp. 284, $3.55.

Gwendolen M. Carter: The Government of the United Kingdom, pp. 218, $3.10; The Government of the Soviet Union, pp. 137. $2.55; The Government of France, pp. 138. $2.45; John H. Hertz, The Government of Germany, pp. 172, $2.90—all Harcourt Brace, New York, 1967.

Paul T. Mason, ed.: Totalitarianism: Temporary Madness or Permanent Danger? D. C. Heath, Boston, 1967, pp. 121, $2.65.

Allen Guttman, ed.: Korea and the Theory of Limited War, D. C. Heath, Boston, 1967, pp. 118, $2.65.

Edward G. McGarth, ed.: Is American Democracy Exportable? Glencoe Press, Beverly Hills, 1968, pp. 148.

Carl Leiden and Karl M. Schmitt: The Politics of Violence: Revolution in the Modern World, Prentice‐Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1968, pp. 244 + x, $3.80.

Betty B. Burch and Allan B. Cole, eds.: Asian Political Systems: Readings on China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Van Nostrand, Princeton, 1968, pp. 466 + xii $6.25.

Irving M. Zeitlin: Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory, Prentice‐Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1968, pp. 326 + x, $8.30.

Martin Schapiro: The Supreme Court and Administrative Agencies, The Free Press, New York, 1968, pp. 288.

Other Overseas Books

I. K. Steele: Politics of Colonial Policy: The Board of Trade in Colonial Administration, 1696–1720, Oxford University Press, 1968, pp. 233, $7.10.

D. D. Raphael, ed.: Political Theory and the Rights of Man, Macmillan, Lbndon, 1967, pp. viii + 152, $4.60.     

Book reviews

D. W. Rawson: Labor in Vain? A survey of the Australian Labor Party, Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., Croydon, Victoria, 1966, pp. 128, cased $2.75, paperback $1.95.

Ralph Gibson: My Years in the Communist Party, International Bookshop, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 268, $1.75.

Keith McEwan: Once a Jolly Comrade, Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1966, pp. 119, $3.25 and $1.95 (paperback).

John Wilkes, ed.: Australian Cities: Chaos or Planned Growth? Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1966, pp. 138, $1.95.

F. B. Smith: The Making of the Second Reform Bill, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp. 297, $6.00.

H. G. Gelber: Australia. Britain and the E.E.C.—1961 to 1963, Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1966. pp. 296 + xii, $9.50.

Alan Stoller, ed.: New Faces: Immigration and Family Life in Australia, F. W. Cheshire for the Victorian Family Council, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 195 + x. $3.00.

Ian G. Sharp and Golin M. Tatz, eds.: Aborigines in the Economy: Employment, Wages and Training, Jacaranda Press in association with the Centre for Research into Aboriginal Affairs, Monash University, 1966, pp. 382 + xvi, $4.65.

Sir Solly Zuckerman: Scientists and War: The Impact of Science on Military and Civil Affairs, Hamish Hamilton. London. 1966. pp. 177 + xiii, $3.25.

Gerald E. Caiden: The A.C.P.T.A.—A Study of White Collar Unionism in the Commonwealth of Australia 1885–1922, Occasional Paper No. 2, Department of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, A.N.U., Canberra, pp. 371, n.p.

Michael Collins: The Land Boomers, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp. 247 + viii, $7.50.

Enid Campbell: Parliamentary Privilege in Australia, Melbourne University Press. Melbourne, 1966, pp. 218, $6.00.

Anthony Clunies Ross and Peter King: Australia and Nuclear Weapons: the Case for a Non‐nuclear Region in South East Asia, Sydney University Press, 1966, pp. 111, $2.

Paul W. van der Veur: Search for New Guinea's Boundaries: From Torres Strait to the Pacific, A.N.U. Press, Canberra, 1966, pp. 176 + xii, $6.30. Distributor: Jacaranda Press, Brisbane.

Paul W. van der Veur: Documents and Correspondence on New Guinea's Boun‐daries, A.N.U. Press, Canberra. pp. 210 + x, $3.40. Distributor: Jacaranda Press, Brisbane.

J. P. Sinclair: Behind the Ranges: Patrolting in New Guinea, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp. 230 + xvii, $4.75.     

Djilas on Communism

Milovan Djihs: “THE NEW CLASS.” Thames and Hudson, London, 1957, pp. 214. 21/‐ stg.     

Portraits of the Artist as Politician,the Politician as Artist: Commemorating the Disraeli Phenomenon

This article examines the reception of Benjamin Disraeli as a bestselling novelist and respectable elder statesman as reflected in obituaries and biographical sketches appearing in the wake of his death in 1881. It starts out by tracing Disraeli’s entry into the popular imagination during his lifetime before focusing on the intersections of literary and political fame in late nineteenth-century commemorations. Disraeli’s posthumous media reception reveals that his deft migration between the literary and the political fields as closely interconnected arenas of self-fashioning crucially influenced his position as one of the most eminent figures in Victorian public life. It will be shown, however, that the narrative of the duality of Disraeli’s public acclaim is complicated by the celebrifying impact of his lifelong position as a social, ethnic, and intellectual outsider who transgressed Victorian norms and categories. In its attempt to unpick the multiple layers of Disraeli’s Victorian pre-eminence from the angle of Celebrity Studies, this article illuminates the tension between processes of self-fashioning and media appropriation that informs the production and consumption of fame and celebrity in nineteenth-century Britain and beyond. It thus participates in an ongoing scholarly conversation about the cultural history of fame and celebrity, presenting Disraeli as a type of media celebrity whose public profile was fashioned from a variety of dynamically interacting and mutually sustaining manifestations of fame.     

A comparison study of children's independent mobility in England and Australia

We compared independent mobility (freedom to move around the neighbourhood – or similar – without adult accompaniment) among English and Australian schoolchildren. Parents reported mobility licences granted to their children (e.g. allowing them to cross main roads alone) and accompaniment on local trips. Children reported travel mode to school. We examined associations between mobility licences and independent school journeys, and accompaniment on local trips. Among 10–12-year-olds, English children had more licences than Australian children. Mobility licences were directly associated with independent school journeys among primary but not among secondary schoolchildren who travelled further; and inversely associated with parental accompaniment to other destinations. Influences on parental restrictions should be examined to promote children's independent mobility.     

The Modi lahar (wave) in the 2014 Indian national election: A critical realignment?

In India's 2014 general election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured an outright majority of seats, the first time any party has done so since 1984. This has led to claims that this is a ‘critical’ or ‘realigning’ election. Yet, most Indian elections are initially described as ‘critical’ elections, which suggests that this concept needs to be further refined to be analytically useful in India's electorally volatile and regionalised political context. This commentary conceptualises critical elections in India as those that enable the winning party to build lasting regional social coalitions. Such coalitions need to be consolidated in subsequent elections for a realignment to take place. A mastery of regional politics was crucial to the BJP's 2014 win, which does mark this as a potentially realigning election. Yet, questions remain about its ability to consolidate the coalitions that delivered this result.

2014年的普选中,印度人民党获得了绝对多数的议席,破了1984以来各政党的记录。这被看作一次“关键性”的、改弦易辙的选举。不过,印度的选举一开始也多被说成“关键性”的选举。所以,这个概念尚需推敲,以便能够用来分析印度变幻不定的选情以及地区化的政情。本文将印度的“关键性”选举界定为获胜党得建立长久的地区社会联盟。这个联盟需要在日后的选举中加固,才谈得上改弦易辙。把握好地区政治对于人民党2014年选举的胜利至关重要,它使得这次选举成为潜在的改弦易辙。但它是否有能力加固联盟以释放改弦易辙的效果,则还是一个问题。