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Book reviewed in this articles. Historical Records of Australia: Resumed Series III Despatches and Papers Relating to the History of Tasmania Volume IX Tasmania, January - December 1830. General Editor Peter Chapman, Co-editors Peter Chapman and Tim Jetson Australia Imagined: Views from the British Periodical Press 1800-1900. Edited by Judith Johnston and Monica Anderson John Devoy's Catalpa Expedition. Edited by Philip Fennell and Marie King Return to Gallipoli: Walking the Battlefields of the Great War. By Bruce Scates Jack Lang and the Great Depression. By Frank Cain Documents on Australian Foreign Policy: Australia and the Formation of Malaysia 1961-1966. Edited by Moran Dee Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities. By Graeme Davison with Sheryl Yelland Fear and Politics By Carmen Lawrence Disputed Histories: Imagining New Zealand's Pasts. Edited by Tony Ballantyne and Brian Moloughney Revolution: The 1913 Great Strike in New Zealand, Edited by Melanie Nolan Facing Illness in Troubled Times: Health in Europe in the Interwar Years 1918-1939. Edited by Iris Borowy and Wolf D. Gruner Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography. By Janet Browne The Dilemmas of De-Stalinization. Negotiating Cultural and Social Change in the Khrushchev Era. Edited by Polly Jones Anti-Chinese Violence in Indonesia: 1996-1999. By Jemma Purdey. Marx's Das Kapital. A Biography. By Francis Wheen [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed in this article: The Astronomer of Rousdon: Charles Grover 1842–1921. By Barbara Slater Decision and Deliberation: The Parliament of New South Wales 1856–2003. By David Clune and Gareth Griffth The Premiers of New South Wales 1856–2005. Edited by David Clune and Ken Turner The First New South Wales Labor Government 1910–1916. Two Memoirs: William Holman and John Osborne. Edited by Michael Hogan Heroes before Gallipoli: Bita Paka and that One Day in September. By Kevin Meade Francis De Groot: Irish Fascist, Australian Legend. By Andrew Moore Prisoners of War, Prisoners of Peace: Captivity, Homecoming and Memory in World War II. Edited by Bob Moore and Barbara Hately-Broad The Vision Splendid: A Social and Cultural History of Rural Australia. By Richard Waterhouse Changing Ways of Death in Twentieth-Century Australia: War, Medicine and the Funeral Business. By Pat Jalland Treaty. By Sean Brennan, Larissa Behrendt, Lisa Strelein and George Williams Five Things to Know About The Australian Constitution. By Helen Irving Colonial Connections 1815–45: Patronage, the Information Revolution and Colonial Government. By Zoë Laidlaw Elizabethan Hero: The Life of Sir Martin Frobisher. By K.A. Frobisher Pardons and Punishments: Judges' Reports on Criminals, 1783–1830: HO (Home Office) 47 [1: HO 47/1–12, 1783–1790] (List and Index Society, volumes 304–5). Edited by Paul Carter The Satirical Gaze: Prints of Women in Late Eighteenth-Century England. By Cindy McCreery J. Anthony Froude: The Last Undiscovered Great Victorian. By Julia Markus Ulster and Scotland 1600–2000 History, Language and Identity. Edited by William Kelly and John R. Young Ulster–New Zealand Migration and Cultural Transfers. Edited by Brad Patterson Washington und Berlin zwischen den Kriegen. Die Mixed Claims Commission in den transatlantischen Beziehungen. By Burkhard Jähnicke Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood. By Idith Zertal, trans. Chaya Galai, originally published in Hebrew in 2002 Political Cultures in the Andes 1750–1950. Edited by Nils Jacobsen and Cristóbal Aljovín de Losada Virtual Thailand: The Media and Cultural Politics in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. By Glen Lewis The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific. By Michael K. Connors, Remy Davidson and Jörn Dosch Darwinian Conservatism. By Larry Arnhart The “Puritan” Democracy of Thomas Hill Green. By Alberto de Sanctis [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed in this article: The French Explorers and the Aboriginal Australians 1772–1839. By Colin Dyer Scandal in the Colonies: Sydney and Capetown, 1820–1850. By Kirsten McKenzie Varieties of Vice-Regal Life (Van Diemen's Land Section). By Sir William and Lady Denison. Edited by Richard Davis and Stefan Petrow A Nation's Imagination: Australia's Copyright Records, 1854–1968. By Merilyn Minell Australia In Focus: Photographs in the National Archives. By Peter Nagle The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe Explorer. Edited with an introduction by Peter Monteath After the Rush: Regulation, Participation and Chinese Communities in Australia 1860–1940. Edited by Sophie Couchman, John Fitzgerald and Paul Macgregor The Gates of Memory: Australian People's Experiences and Memories of Loss and the Great War. By Tanja Luckins Bigger Than Gallipoli: War, History and Memory in Australia. By Liz Reed Reconsidering Gallipoli. By Jenny Macleod Pompey Elliott. By Ross McMullin John Wren: A Life Reconsidered. By James Griffin Australia and Israel: An Ambiguous Relationship. By Chanan Reich It's Time Again: Whitlam and Modern Labor. Edited by Jenny Hocking and Colleen Lewis Blackfellas Whitefellas and the Hidden Injuries of Race. By Gillian Cowlishaw The New Province for Law and Order: 100 Years of Australian Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration. Edited by Joe Isaac and Stuart Macintyre The Lowest Rung: Voices of Australian Poverty. By Mark Peel Australian Cinema after Mabo. By Felicity Collins and Therese Davies Journey into Darkness. By Winton Higgins Globalisation: Australian Regional Perspectives. Edited by Martin Shanahan and Gerry Treuren God Under Howard: the Rise of the Religious Right in Australian Politics. By Marion Maddox The Historian's Conscience: Australian Historians on the Ethics of History. Edited by Stuart Macintyre Imagining Australia: Ideas for Our Future. By Macgregor Duncan, Andrew Leigh, David Madden and Peter Tynan Navigating Boundaries: The Asian Diaspora in Torres Strait. By Anna Shnukal, Guy Ramsey and Yuriko Nagata Reluctant Saviour: Australia, Indonesia and the Independence of East Timor. By Clinton Fernandes Abdurrahman Wahid. Muslim Democrat, Indonesian President: a View From the Inside. By Greg Barton Pacific Journeys, Essays in Honour of John Dunmore. Edited by Glynnis M. Cropp et al. Pacific Places, Pacific Histories: Essays in Honor of Robert C. Kiste. Edited by Brij V. Lal The Manipulation of Custom: From Uprising to Intervention in the Solomon Islands. By Jon Fraenkel Perceptions of Race and Nation in English and American Travel Writers, 1833–1914. By Erik S. Schmeller Europe's Pasts and Presents: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for European History Diplomaten und Agenten. Nachrichtendienste in der Geschichte der deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen. Edited by Reinhard R. Doerries Fascists. By Michael Mann The Anatomy of Fascism. By Robert O. Paxton City: Urbanism and its End. By Douglas W. Rae World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction. By Immanuel Wallerstein Metaphysics, Method and Politics: The Political Philosophy of R. G. Collingwood. By James Connelly Action as History: The Historical Thought of R. G. Collingwood. By Stein Helgeby “How Good an Historian Shall I be?” R. G. Collingwood, the Historical Imagination and Education. By Marnie Hughes-Warrington [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

David Collins: A Colonial Life.By John CurreyBrisbane: Squatters, Selectors and Surveyors. (Brisbane History Group Papers No 16)Edited by Rod Fisher and Jennifer HarrisonBeyond the Ladies Lounge: Australia's Female Publicans.By Clare WrightLegacies of White Australia: Race, Culture, Nation.Edited by Laksiri Jayasuriya, David Walker and Jan GothardThis War Never Ends: The Pain of Separation and Return.By Michael McKernanKeeper of the Faith: A Biography of Jim Cairns.By Paul StrangioPlatypus and Parliament: The Australian Senate in Theory and Practice.By Stanley BachUnfolding History, Evolving Identity: The Chinese in New Zealand.Edited by Manying IpNew Guinea: Crossing Boundaries and History.By Clive MooreErasmus in the Twentieth Century: Interpretations c.1920–2000.By Bruce MansfieldEighteenth-Century British Erotica.Edited by Chris Mounsey and Rictor NortonLondon Corresponding Society, 1792–1799.Edited by Michael Davis.Robert Emmet and the Rebellion of 1798.By Ruán O'DonnellRobert Emmet and the Rising of 1803.By Ruán O'DonnellWilhelminism and its Legacies. German Modernities and the Meanings of Reform, 1890–1930. Essays for Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann.Edited by Geoff Eley and James RetallackDivided Lives: The Untold Stories of Jewish-Christian Women in Nazi Germany.By Cynthia A. Crane.Conqueror's Road: An Eyewitness Report of Germany 1945.By Osmar WhiteConflict and Compromise in East Germany, 1971–1989: A Precarious Stability.By Jeannette Z. MadarászThe Tsarist Secret Police Abroad: Policing Europe in a Modernising World.By Fredric S. Zuckerman“A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide.By Samantha PowerA History of Modern India, 1480–1959.Edited by Claude Markovitz; translated by Nisha George and Maggy HendryPower in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order.By Charles A. Kupchan, Emanuel Adler, Jean-Marc Coicaud and Yuen Foong KhongReading Humanitarian Intervention: Human Rights and the Use of Force in International Law.By Anne OrfordStories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration: Together Forever? By John HartThe Dynamics of Political Crime.By Jeffrey Ian RossThe Battle for Hearts and Minds: Using Soft Power to Undermine Terrorist Networks.Edited by Alexander T. J. LennonThe Media and Neo-Populism: A Contemporary Comparative Analysis.Edited by Gianpietro Mazzoleni, Julianne Stewart and Bruce Horsfield [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed in this article: Fred R. Myers, Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art Rebe Taylor, Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island Daniel Marc Segesser, Empire und Totaler Krieg: Australien 1905–1918 Marilyn Lake, Faith: Faith Bandler, Gentle Activist David Goldsworthy, Losing the Blanket: Australia and the End of Britain's Empire Bridget Griffen-Foley, Party Games: Australian Politicians and the Media from War to Dismissal Edited by Susan Ryan and Troy Bramston, The Hawke Government: A Critical Retrospective Rae Wear, Johannes Bjelke-Petersen: The Lord's Premier Marilyn Dodkin, Bob Carr: The Reluctant Leader Edited by Michael Hogan and David Clune, The People's Choice. Electoral Politics in 20th Century New South Wales. Volume One: 1901 to 1927; Volume Two: 1930 to 1965; Volume Three: 1968 to 1999 Verity Burgmann, Power, Profit and Protest: Australian Social Movements and Globalisation Michael Goldsmith and Doug Munro, The Accidental Missionary: Tales of Elekana The State Trials 1163–1858 on CD-ROM Catherine Hall, Civilising Subjects: Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination, 1830 – 1867 Robert Sloan, William Smith O'Brien and the Young Ireland Rebellion of 1848 Edited by Robert J. Young, Under Siege: Portraits of Civilian Life in France during World War I Robert Boyce and Joseph Maiolo, eds, The Origins of the Second World War: The Debate Continues Jürgen Tampke, Czech-German Relations and the Politics of Central Europe: From Bohemia to the EU Rolf Steininger, Der Mauerbau: Die Westmächte und Adenauer in der Berlinkrise 1958–1963 [The Building of the Wall: The Western Powers and Adenauer in the Berlin Crisis, 1958–1963] Edited by Larry Eugene Jones, Crossing Boundaries. The Exclusion of Minorities In Germany and the United States Mark Sanders, Complicities: The Intellectual and Apartheid Michael E. Brown and Šumit Ganguly, eds, Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia Shigeharu Tanabe and Charles F. Keyes, eds, Cultural Crisis and Social Memory: Modernity and Identity in Thailand and Laos Asa Briggs and Peter Burke, A Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet Sophie Bessis, trans. Patrick Camiller, Western Supremacy: Triumph of an Idea? Henry Milner, Civic Literacy. How Informed Citizens Make Democracy Work M. Anne Brown, Human Rights and the Borders of Suffering: The Promotion of Human Rights in International Politics Janna Thompson, Taking Responsibility for the Past: Reparation and Historical Injustice Philip B. Heymann, Terrorism, Freedom and Security: Winning Without War [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed: Martin Mulligan and Stuart Hill, Ecological Pioneers: A Social History of Australian Ecological Thought and Action Edited by Bruce Kaye, Tom Frame, Colin Holden and Geoff Treloar, Anglicanism in Australia: A History Colin Holden, Church in a Landscape: A History of the Diocese of Wangaratta Mary Anne Jebb., Blood, Sweat and Welfare: A History of White Bosses and Aboriginal Pastoral Workers David Philips, William Augustus Miles (1796–1851): Crime, Policing, and Moral Entrepreneurship in England and Australia Compiled by Alison Hoyle for State Records of South Australia, Ancestors In Archives: A Guide for Family Historians to South Australia’s Government Archives Julie Carr, The Captive White Woman of Gippsland: In Pursuit of the Legend Keith Pescod, Good Food, Bright Fires & Civility: British Emigrant Depots of the 19th Century B.W. Higman, Domestic Service in Australia Joanne Scott, Ross Laurie, Bronwyn Stevens and Patrick Weller, The Engine Room of Government: The Queensland Premier’s Department, 1859–2001 Edited by Ann Millar, The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate: Vol. 1 1901–1929 M.D. Johnson, Australia, New Zealand and Federation 1883–1901. By Ged Martin. Ian Ward, Edited by John M. Moses and Christopher Pugsley, The German Empire and Britain’s Pacific Dominions, 1871–1919: Essays on the Role of Australia and New Zealand in World Politics in the Age of Imperialism Edited by Martyn Lyons and John Arnold, A History of the Book in Australia 1891–1945 Anna Green, British Capital, Antipodean Labour. Working the New Zealand Waterfront, 1915–1951 George Davies, The Occupation of Japan: The Rhetoric and the Reality of Anglo–Australasian Relations 1939–1952 Tim Rowse, Obliged to be Difficult. Nugget Coombs’ Legacy in Indigenous Affairs Ian Hancock, John Gorton: He Did It His Way Don Watson, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Mark Finnane, When Police Unionise: the Politics of Law and Order in Australia Bob Carr, Thoughtlines: Reflections of a Public Man Edited by Paul Nursey–Bray and Carol Lee Bachi, Left Directions: Is There a Third Way? Sinclair Dinnen, Law and Order in a Weak State: Crime and Politics in Papua New Guinea Ann Turner, Historical Dictionary of Papua New Guinea, Asian/Oceanian Historical Dictionaries No. 37 Kerry Howe, Nature, Culture and History: the “Knowing” of Oceania W.J. Mander, Alan P.F. Sell, et al., The Dictionary of Nineteenth–Century British Philosophers Manning Clark (Edited by Dymphna Clark, David Headon and John Williams), The Ideal of Alexis de Tocqueville R.B. Rose, Tribunes and Amazons: Men and Women of Revolutionary France, 1789–1871 Ian Hunter, Rival Enlightenments: Civil and Metaphysical Philosophy in Early Modern Germany Maiken Umbach (Ed.), German Federalism: Past, Present, Future Judith Keene, Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain During the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 R.J.B. Bosworth, Mussolini Edited by John P. McCormick, Confronting Mass Democracy and Industrial Technology: Political and Social Theory from Nietzsche to Habermas Agnes Heller, A Theory of Modernity Douglas R. Holmes, Integral Europe: Fast–Capitalism, Multiculturalism, Neofascism Rogan Kersh, Dreams of a More Perfect Union. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]