Anzac the unauthorised biography / Carolyn Holbrook ; foreword by Kim Beazley.
| Author/creator | Holbrook, Carolyn |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Sydney, New South Wales : NewSouth Publishing, 2014. |
| Description | xiii, 266 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Anzac Ascendancy -- Before 1914: Nationalism and war -- 1916-1936: Early histories of the Great War -- 1920s-1930s: The Great War in Australian literature -- 1940s-1960s: Marxism and memory of the Great War -- 1965-1985: The fall and rise of memory of the Great War -- 1980s-present: The Great War as family history -- Since 1990: Politicians and commemoration of the Great War. |
| Abstract | Raise a glass for an Anzac. Run for an Anzac. Camp under the stars for an Anzac. Is there anything Australians won't do to keep the Anzac legend at the centre of our national story? But standing firm on the other side of the Anzac enthusiasts is a chorus of critics claiming that the appetite for Anzac is militarising our history and indoctrinating our children. So how are we to make sense of this struggle over how we remember the Great War? Anzac, the Unauthorised Biography cuts through the clamour to provide a much-needed historical perspective on the battle over Anzac. It traces how, since 1915, Australia's memory of the Great War has declined and surged, reflecting the varied and complex history of the Australian nation itself. Most importantly, it asks why so many Australians persist with the fiction that the nation was born on 25 April 1915. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014481888 |
| ISBN | 9781742234076 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1742234070 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ePDF) |
| ISBN | (ePDF) |
| ISBN | (ePub/Kindle) |
| ISBN | (ePub/Kindle) |
| ISBN | 1459683781 |
| ISBN | 9781459683785 |
| Stock number | University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 |