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MCLAREN, JOHN - Free Radicals. Of the Left in Postwar Melbourne.

Title: Free Radicals. Of the Left in Postwar Melbourne.
Description: 8vo; pp. xii, 386; 8 pages of b/w plates, notes, bibliography, index; original stiff illustrated wrapper a fine copy. Melbourne, Australian Scholarly Publishing, (2003). This is the story of three men Steven Murray-Smith, Ian Turner and Ken Gott, their friendship and deep commitment to radical causes. They met at Melbourne University and at the end of the Second World War shared a radical vision of Australia. They submitted their minds and actions to the control of the Communist Party, the Party strongly influenced them, but they later rebelled against it.

Keywords: gea Politics Communist Party Melbourne Literature Culture Radicalism Australian general history

Price: AUD 25.00 = appr. US$ 17.30 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 105960