History
Visions of Nature: How landscape photography shaped settler colonialism by Jarrod Hore
by Gary Werskey •
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A history, a philosophy, a warning by Justin E.H. Smith
by Geordie Williamson •
A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty, translated by Steven Rendall
by Yassmin Abdel-Magied •
Lessons from History: Leading historians tackle Australia’s greatest challenges edited by Carolyn Holbrook, Lyndon Megarrity, and David Lowe
by Penny Russell •
A History of Masculinity: From patriarchy to gender justice by Ivan Jablonka, translated by Nathan Bracher
by Shannon Burns •
Of the many pernicious legacies of colonialism, Australia’s servility in the face of Britain’s nuclear arms aspirations is one of the most under-reported and most consequential. In this week’s episode of The ABR Podcast, Elizabeth Tynan reads her essay tracing the clandestine history of, and fallout from, the agreements that allowed the British to test atomic weapons at various sites in South and Western Australia after World War II. By highlighting the Menzies government’s eager consent and the Australian media’s compliance, Tynan shows that far from being a passive victim, Australia was largely complicit in tests that wrought havoc on large tracts of land and on the Indigenous communities who lived there.
... (read more)Maria Theresa: The Habsburg empress in her time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, translated by Robert Savage
by Miles Pattenden •