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Australian Women’s Historical Photography
Other Times, Other Views
Anne Maxwell, Lucy Van
Australian Women’s Historical Photography: Other Times, Other Views focuses on the works of six Australian women who were working as photographers in the period 1850–1950. It critically examines their works against the historical backdrop of settler violence towards Indigenous Australians, the First Women’s Movement, the Great War of 1914–1918, Australia’s imperial occupation of New Guinea, the final years of Chinese Nationalist Party rule in China and debates about photography’s status as an art form.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781839990793
May 2024
Forthcoming
£24.95 / $24.95Australian Women’s Historical Photography: Other Times, Other Views focuses on the works of six Australian women who were working as photographers in the period 1850–1950. It critically examines their works against the historical backdrop of settler violence towards Indigenous Australians, the First Women’s Movement, the Great War of 1914–1918, Australia’s imperial occupation of New Guinea, the final years of Chinese Nationalist Party rule in China and debates about photography’s status as an art form.
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International Broadcasting and Its Contested Role in Australian Statecraft
Middle Power, Smart Power
Geoff Heriot
An insightful and timely reappraisal of international broadcasting as an instrument of discursive rather than ‘soft’ power and its contested role in Australia’s Indo-Pacific regional statecraft.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839985041
March 2023
Active
£110.00 / $110.00An insightful and timely reappraisal of international broadcasting as an instrument of discursive rather than ‘soft’ power and its contested role in Australia’s Indo-Pacific regional statecraft.
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Trailblazing Women of Australian Public Broadcasting, 1945–1975
Kylie Andrews
Trailblazing women of Australian Public Broadcasting, 1945-1975 presents a compelling feminist perspective of Australian radio and television history. It resuscitates the careers of a group of female producers who strategically defied the odds and used broadcasting as a site for their activism in the decades after World War II.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839982576
July 2022
Active
£125.00 / $125.00Trailblazing women of Australian Public Broadcasting, 1945-1975 presents a compelling feminist perspective of Australian radio and television history. It resuscitates the careers of a group of female producers who strategically defied the odds and used broadcasting as a site for their activism in the decades after World War II.
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Dispossession and the Making of Jedda
Hollywood in Ngunnawal Country
Catherine Kevin
Dispossession and the Making of Jedda (1955)' brings together a history of race relations, pastoral boom and film-making. It is a personal account of coming to terms with a history of dispossession and colonial power relations in a place that has offered the author a strong sense of belonging and settler-colonial family heritage.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785273506
August 2020
Active
£79.95 / $79.95Dispossession and the Making of Jedda (1955)’ brings together a history of race relations, pastoral boom and film-making. It is a personal account of coming to terms with a history of dispossession and colonial power relations in a place that has offered the author a strong sense of belonging and settler-colonial family heritage.
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A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 1828–2017
Andrew James Couzens
‘A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 1828–2017’ is a cultural history of the bushranger legend on stage and screen from colonial to contemporary Australia. It provides a detailed analysis of the mechanisms through which bushrangers became an indelible part of the Australian cultural consciousness.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783088911
January 2019
Active
£115.00 / $115.00‘A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 1828–2017’ is a cultural history of the bushranger legend on stage and screen from colonial to contemporary Australia. It provides a detailed analysis of the mechanisms through which bushrangers became an indelible part of the Australian cultural consciousness.
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Migrant Nation
Australian Culture, Society and Identity
Edited by Paul Longley Arthur
‘Migrant Nation: Australian Culture, Society and Identity’ casts new light on Australian identity through historical accounts of the many and varied experiences of migration.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783087204
December 2017
Active
£115.00 / $115.00‘Migrant Nation: Australian Culture, Society and Identity’ casts new light on Australian identity through historical accounts of the many and varied experiences of migration.
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Memory, Place and Aboriginal-Settler History
Understanding Australians’ Consciousness of the Colonial Past
Skye Krichauff
Taking the absence of Aboriginal people in South Australian settler descendants’ historical consciousness as a starting point, ‘Memory, Place and Settler‒Aboriginal History’ combines the methodologies and theories of historical enquiry, anthropology and memory studies to investigate the multitudinous and intertwined ways the colonial past is known, represented and understood by current generations.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783086818
September 2017
Active
£115.00 / $115.00Taking the absence of Aboriginal people in South Australian settler descendants’ historical consciousness as a starting point, ‘Memory, Place and Settler‒Aboriginal History’ combines the methodologies and theories of historical enquiry, anthropology and memory studies to investigate the multitudinous and intertwined ways the colonial past is known, represented and understood by current generations.
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Travelling Home, ‘Walkabout Magazine’ and Mid-Twentieth-Century Australia
Mitchell Rolls, Anna Johnston
'Walkabout' was one of the most popular magazines in mid-twentieth century Australia, educating local and international readers about the Australian landscape, its peoples and industry. It featured many of the most interesting writers, natural scientists and commentators. This book investigates 'Walkabout’ magazine's pivotal role in Australian cultural history.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783085378
July 2016
Active
£115.00 / $115.00‘Walkabout’ was one of the most popular magazines in mid-twentieth century Australia, educating local and international readers about the Australian landscape, its peoples and industry. It featured many of the most interesting writers, natural scientists and commentators. This book investigates ‘Walkabout’ magazine’s pivotal role in Australian cultural history.
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Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 1930–1970
The Getting of Bookselling Wisdom
Jason D. Ensor
This volume details the history of Australia’s oldest and most nationally iconic publishing firm, Angus & Robertson, and its long-term investment in establishing and maintaining a viable commercial arm in London from 1930 to 1970.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857285669
December 2012
Active
£115.00 / $115.00This volume details the history of Australia’s oldest and most nationally iconic publishing firm, Angus & Robertson, and its long-term investment in establishing and maintaining a viable commercial arm in London from 1930 to 1970.
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Virtual Voyages
Travel Writing and the Antipodes 1605-1837
Dr. Paul Longley Arthur
'Virtual Voyages' is a fascinating account of the European discovery of the elusive 'great south land' told through the literature of 'imaginary voyages'.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318002
March 2010
Active
£115.00 / $115.00‘Virtual Voyages’ is a fascinating account of the European discovery of the elusive ‘great south land’ told through the literature of ‘imaginary voyages’.