Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 [Review] I Wonder’: The Life and Work of Ken Inglis
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'Ken Inglis (1929–2017) was one of Australia's best known and most innovative historians. In part based on a colloquium held in Melbourne in 2015, this tribute to him is an exceptional book. It fulfills its task of attempting to explain his life and work, but it does much more in telling us about Australian life between the 1930s and 2000s, particularly about the humanities and social sciences in leading universities between the late 1940s and today. There are twenty two chapters and useful biographical materials, as well as a seventeen-page bibliography of Inglis’ written work, including his journalism. The authors are as good a group as could be assembled and together elucidate his life and set it into context. Inglis was a very Australian historian, although influenced by British and American history and methods. The chapters bring this out nicely as they explore Inglis, whom Bill Gammage fittingly describes in his Introduction as a laconic Australian.'  (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Australian Journal of Politics and History vol. 67 no. 1 March 2021 2021 22525777 2021 periodical issue 'This first issue of 2021 marks a new era for the Australian Journal of Politics and History. In addition to significant changes in editorial membership, the journal's long-standing affiliation with History and Political Science at the University of Queensland has also changed.' (Editorial introduction) 2021 pg. 178-181
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