Australia During the War
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, Ltd., 1938. Third Edition. Hardcover. 22 cm, 922 pages, illus., maps, footnotes, index, boards somewhat worn & soiled, some edge soiling, former owner's label inside front board. The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australian involvement in the First World War. The eleventh volume of The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 is the necessary companion to the earlier volumes dealing with Australia’s military operations. Scott’s work covers the early unanimity with which the war was greeted, the growing unease at the cost of war, the anguish of the conscription referenda and the political turmoil that followed. Working from the question, “How did Australia react to the pressures of war?”, Scott traces its effects in discussions of censorship, the internment of aliens, the formation and equipment of Australia’s forces and the development of a war economy. The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, Volume XI. Covers the outbreak of war, the political scene, censorship, German internment, formation of armies, conscription, economic consequences of the war, the peace conference and treaty, and repatriation. Sir Ernest Scott (21 June 1867 – 6 December 1939) was an Australian historian, professor of history at the Univeristy of Melbourne from 1913. Scott was born in Northampton, England and worked as a journalist on the London Globe. In 1892 Scott (who began to call himself Besant-Scott at his wife's insistence) migrated to Australia in 1892, where he joined the staff of The Herald newspaper, edited the Austral Theosophist and lectured. From 1895 to 1901 Scott was a member of the Victorian Hansard staff, and from 1901 to 1914 was on the Commonwealth Hansard staff. After the publication of Terre Napoléon: A History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia (London, 1910), Laperouse (Sydney, 1912) and The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders (Sydney, 1914), Scott's reputation as a historian was established. In 1913 Scott was appointed Professor of History at the Univeristy of Melbourne, even though Scott had never attended a university. He had, however, shown ability both in research and as a lecturer, and the experiment proved a great success. Scott's other works included A Short History of Australia (1916), Men and Thought in Modern History (1916), History and Historical Problems (1925), Australian Discovery (1929) and in 1933 appeared volume VII of The Cambridge History of the British Empire, edited and partly written by Scott. Australia During the War, being volume XI of The Official History of Australia in the War, appeared in 1936. Scott retired in 1936, was knighted in June 1939 and died on 6 December 1939. He did much to bring Australian history to life. As a rule his work is excellent and was always based on conscientious research. As a teacher he was interesting, vivid and inspiring, exacting hard work from his students and insisting on the value of original documents, while also pointing out that even they cannot be blindly accepted. Condition: good.
Keywords: Australia, Censorship, Conscription, Enemy Aliens, Governor-General, Shipping, Internment, Peace Conference, WW1, Official History, Home Front, First World War
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