| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages) |
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data file |
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Science language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Geoffrey Gray, Doug Munro and Christine Winter -- Part I: Australians / Geoffrey Gray and Christine Winter -- A.P. Elkin: public morale and propaganda / John Pomeroy -- Conlon's remarkable circus / Cassandra Pybus -- H. Ian Hogbin: 'official adviser on native affairs' / Geoffrey Gray -- W.E.H. Stanner: wasted war years / Geoffrey Gray -- Camilla Wedgwood: 'what are you educating natives for' / David Wetherell -- Ronald Murray Berndt: 'work of national importance' / Geoffrey Gray -- Road to Conlon's circus-and beyond: a personal retrospective / J.D. Legge -- Part II: New Zealanders / Doug Munro -- Derek Freeman at war / Peter Hempenstall -- J.W. Davidson on the home front / Doug Munro -- Neville Phillips and the mother country / Jock Phillips -- Dan Davin: the literary legacy of war / Janet Wilson. |
| Summary |
Examines the effect World War II had of the careers of Australasian social scientists. It links a group of scholars through geography, transnational, national and personal scholarly networks, and shared intellectual traditions, explores their use and contextualizes their experiences and contributions within wider examinations of the role of intellectuals in war. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
World War (1939-1945) |
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Anthropologists -- Australia -- Biography.
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Anthropologists. |
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Australia. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Anthropologists -- New Zealand -- Biography.
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New Zealand. |
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Historians -- Australia -- Biography.
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Historians. |
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Historians -- New Zealand -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Science.
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Social sciences -- Australia.
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Social sciences. |
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Social sciences -- New Zealand.
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Gray, Geoffrey (Geoffrey G.)
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Munro, Doug.
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Winter, Christine.
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| ISBN |
9781921862502 (electronic book) |
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1921862505 (electronic book) |
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1921862505 |
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9781921862496 (paperback) |
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