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Against the Grain

Brian Fitzpatrick and Manning Clark in Australian history and politics

Academic Monograph

Stuart Macintyre and Sheila Fitzpatrick (eds)

Against the Grain examines the dual careers of Brian Fitzpatrick and Manning Clark and shows the political and personal difficulties that beset them both during their careers.

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While Brian Fitzpatrick has today fallen into relative obscurity, efforts persist in discrediting Manning Clark's name. Against the Grain examines the dual careers of Fitzpatrick and Clark as activists and historians during the Cold War, and shows the political and personal difficulties that beset both men throughout their careers.

Contributors Stuart Macintyre, James Waghorne, Ann Curthoys, Mark McKenna, Roger Douglas, Sheila Fitzpatrick, Mark Finnane, John Myrtle, Carolyn Rasmussen, Jill Roe and others critically observe the men's legacy and the value of their work to future generations. The collection also includes memoirs of Fitzpatrick and Clark by their daughters Sheila and Katerina, and Beverley Kingston and Nicholas Brown.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Radical and the Mystic: Brian Fitzpatrick, Manning Clark and Australian History by Stuart Macintyre
Chapter 2 Brian Fitzpatrick and the World Outside Australia by Sheila Fitzpatrick
Chapter 3 A Historiographical Paradox: Brian Fitzpatrick, the British Empire and Indigenous Histories by Ann Curthoys
Chapter 4 Brian Fitzpatrick’s Graduate Student: A Memoir by Beverley Kingston
Chapter 5 Tempering the Wind: Brian Fitzpatrick and the Australian Council for Civil Liberties under the Curtin LAbor Government by James Waghorne
Chapter 6 ‘My dear and loyal friend’: The Friendship of John Vincent Barry and Brian Fitzpatrick by Mark Finnane and John Myrtle
Chapter 7 Brian Fitzpatrick, Maurice Blackburn and the Quest for the ‘Honest Man’ in Politics by Carolyn Rasmussen
Chapter 8 My Father’s Daughter: A Memoir by Sheila Fitzpatrick
Chapter 9 Brian Fitzpatrick, Manning Clark and ASIO by Roger Douglas
Chapter 10 Once More with Feeling: The Personal Voice of Manning Clark by Mark McKenna
Chapter 11 The Gamekeeper’s View: A Memoir by Nicholas Brown
Chapter 12 Manning Clark and the Church by Jill Roe
Chapter 13 The Historian in the Spotlight: Manning Clark’s History of Australia - The Musical by Peter Fitzpatrick
Chapter 14 Manning Clark: A Memoir by Katerina Clark

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