A Three-Cornered Life
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A Three-Cornered Life

The Historian W. K. Hancock

  1. 625 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Three-Cornered Life

The Historian W. K. Hancock

About this book

A biography of a 20th-century Australian historian and an outstanding scholar in the humanities and social science fields, this thorough account highlights the accomplishments of W. K. Hancock. Compelling and informative, this chronicle features the scope of Hancock's work across three continents, including his mission to Uganda on behalf of the British government in 1954, his tracking of British mobilizations during World War II, and his founding of the Australian National University. Illuminating an extraordinary life and career, this examination celebrates the author of Australia.  

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 Out from Bairnsdale
  6. 2 Oxford and the wider world
  7. 3 Adelaide and Australia
  8. 4 Birmingham
  9. 5 The Survey of British Commonwealth Affairs
  10. 6 The Civil Histories
  11. 7 Appointments – and disappointments
  12. 8 Shop front for the Commonwealth
  13. 9 Uganda
  14. 10 Smuts and South Africa
  15. 11 Return of the native
  16. 12 Theaden: Portrait of a marriage
  17. 13 Integrations – and disintegration
  18. 14 Aura and afterlife
  19. Notes
  20. The work of WK Hancock
  21. References
  22. Index