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9781742231266

A Three-Cornered Life The Historian W. K. Hancock

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  • ISBN13:

    9781742231266

  • ISBN10:

    1742231268

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-11-01
  • Publisher: University of New South Wales Press

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Summary

A biography of a 20th-century Australian historian and an outstanding scholar in the humanities and social science fields, this thorough account highlights the accomplishments of W. K. Hancock. Compelling and informative, this chronicle features the scope of Hancock's work across three continents, including his mission to Uganda on behalf of the British government in 1954, his tracking of British mobilizations during World War II, and his founding of the Australian National University. Illuminating an extraordinary life and career, this examination celebrates the author ofAustralia.

Author Biography

Jim Davidson is a principal fellow at the Australian Center at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Holiday Business: Tourism in Australia Since 1870 and Lyrebird Rising: Louise Hanson-Dyer of Oiseau-Lyre.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. vii
Out from Bairnsdalep. 1
Oxford and the wider worldp. 44
Adelaide and Australiap. 80
Birminghamp. 122
The Survey of British Commonwealth Affairsp. 148
The Civil Historiesp. 186
Appointments - and disappointmentsp. 228
Shopfront for the Commonwealthp. 259
Ugandap. 283
Smuts and South Africap. 322
Return of the nativep. 374
Theaden: Portrait of a marriagep. 421
Integrations - and disintegrationp. 457
Aura and afterlifep. 500
Notesp. 514
The work of WK Hancockp. 571
Referencesp. 578
Indexp. 594
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