A Three-Cornered Life
The Historian W.K. Hancock
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2010
NewSouth Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-74223-126-6 (ISBN)
NewSouth Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-74223-126-6 (ISBN)
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W.K. Hancock was a major historian in four or five fields. In addition, Hancock was a founder of the Australian National University, while his Australia (1930) remains one of the classic accounts of this country. A Three-Cornered Life is a superbly written and thorough biography of one of the finest twentieth-century historians.
While W.K. Hancock may no longer be described as 'Australia's most distinguished historian', he has some enduring claims to our attention. No other Australian historian - and few elsewhere - can match his 'span', to use one of his watchwords. Hancock was a major historian in four or five fields, who himself made history by going on a mission to Uganda for the British government in 1954 to mediate the future of Buganda after its ruler had been exiled. He was also, from a room in the Cabinet Office in Whitehall, the editor of a vast historical project: the writing of a series of accounts of British mobilisation on the home front during the Second World War. In addition, Hancock was a founder of the Australian National University, while his Australia (1930) remains one of the classic accounts of this country. A Three-Cornered Life is a superbly written and thorough biography of one of the finest twentieth-century historians.
While W.K. Hancock may no longer be described as 'Australia's most distinguished historian', he has some enduring claims to our attention. No other Australian historian - and few elsewhere - can match his 'span', to use one of his watchwords. Hancock was a major historian in four or five fields, who himself made history by going on a mission to Uganda for the British government in 1954 to mediate the future of Buganda after its ruler had been exiled. He was also, from a room in the Cabinet Office in Whitehall, the editor of a vast historical project: the writing of a series of accounts of British mobilisation on the home front during the Second World War. In addition, Hancock was a founder of the Australian National University, while his Australia (1930) remains one of the classic accounts of this country. A Three-Cornered Life is a superbly written and thorough biography of one of the finest twentieth-century historians.
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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.7.2010 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Sydney, NSW |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-74223-126-8 / 1742231268 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-74223-126-6 / 9781742231266 |
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