Day: September 9, 1982

The Crosland biography by his wife, Susan Crosland.

(1982) Why Crosland Still Matters

Members of the Labor Party who are not enamoured of the pidgin Marxist rhetoric that often passes for analysis among the Socialist Left would do well to read Susan Crosland’s biography of Anthony Crosland. It is a valuable introduction to the mind and character of her husband.

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My review was prompted by a reprint of Denning’s classic study of Federal Labor in the Depression years.

(1982) Leaders Bewildered by Crisis

Alan Reid’s introduction to the re-issue of Warren Denning’s handsomely illustrated Caucus Crisis contains a revealing memoir of the author of the classic account of the Scullin government and the Great Depression.

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