Sean Scalmer Sean Scalmer i(A10216 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Scrutiny, Context and Power : Stuart Macintyre on Australian Historians Sean Scalmer , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022;
1 4 y separately published work icon Democratic Adventurer : Graham Berry and the Making of Australian Politics Sean Scalmer , Clayton : Monash University Publishing , 2020 18575855 2020 single work biography

'Graham Berry (1822-1904) was colonial Australia’s most gifted, creative and controversial politician. A riveting speaker, a newspaper proprietor and editor, and the founder of Australia’s first mass political party, he wielded these tools to launch an age of reform: spearheading the adoption of a ‘protectionist’ economic policy, the payment of parliamentarians, and the taxing of large landowners. He also sought the reform of the Constitution, precipitating a crisis that the London Times likened to a ‘revolution’. This book recovers Berry’s forgotten and fascinating life. It explores his drives and aspirations, the scandals and defeats that nearly derailed his career, and his remarkable rise from linen-draper and grocer to adored popular leader. It establishes his formative influence on later Australian politics. And it also uses Berry’s life to reflect on the possibilities and constraints of democratic politics, hoping thereby to enrich the contemporary political imagination.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 The March of the Insider Sean Scalmer , Jackie Dickenson , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 199 2010; (p. 18-26)

'Paul Kelly is the ultimate insider: editor, journalist, historian, and commentator'. Scalmer and Dickenson investigate Kelly's roles and attempt to explain his relentless rise and what this story tells about politics and letters in contemporary Australia' (18)

1 The Party's Over, Turn Out the Lights Sean Scalmer , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 March 2007; (p. 27)

— Review of Communism : A Love Story Jeff Sparrow , 2007 single work biography
1 A Sentimental Education in the Moving of Boxes Sean Scalmer , 1999 single work essay
— Appears in: AQ : Journal of Contemporary Analysis , January-February vol. 71 no. 1 1999; (p. 18-21)
1 The Puzzle of Meanjin and the Historical Emergence of an Australian Intelligentsia Sean Scalmer , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 62 1999; (p. 198-204,261-262)
1 Imagining Class : Intellectuals in the 1950s and Insights into the Present Sean Scalmer , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 146 1997; (p. 21-25)
1 Politics and Letters Sean Scalmer , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 145 1996; (p. 69-71)

— Review of Writing in Hope and Fear : Literature as Politics in Postwar Australia John McLaren , 1996 selected work criticism biography
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