What were they thinking? The politics of ideas in Australia by James Walter with Todd Moore [Book review]

Griffiths, Phil (2011) What were they thinking? The politics of ideas in Australia by James Walter with Todd Moore [Book review]. Journal of Australian Studies, 35 (2). pp. 268-269. ISSN 1444-3058

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Book review of What were they Thinking? The Politics of Ideas in Australia, by James Walter with Todd Moore, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2010, 400 pp., $39.95 (paperback), ISBN 9780868409719.
James Walter and Todd Moore have given us a lively, if partial, account of Australian political history in the twentieth century, and the ideas that shaped the politicians and intellectuals at the centre of that history.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	No
Item Status:	Live Archive
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Business and Law - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance (1 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2013)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Business and Law - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance (1 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2013)
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2014 05:58
Last Modified:	30 Jul 2014 05:58
Uncontrolled Keywords:	book review; political philosophy
Fields of Research (2008):	20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2005 Literary Studies > 200526 Stylistics and Textual Analysis 16 Studies in Human Society > 1606 Political Science > 160601 Australian Government and Politics 21 History and Archaeology > 2103 Historical Studies > 210303 Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)
Fields of Research (2020):	47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4705 Literary studies > 470530 Stylistics and textual analysis 44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4408 Political science > 440801 Australian government and politics 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430302 Australian history
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	C Society > 94 Law, Politics and Community Services > 9402 Government and Politics > 940299 Government and Politics not elsewhere classified
Identification Number or DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2011.566167
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/21005

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