The Left Book Club in Australia : Achieving Reform and Change through Reading and its Attempted Suppression

The Left Book Club in Australia : Achieving Reform and Change through Reading and its Attempted Suppression single work criticism

Author:agent John Arnold

Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 The Left Book Club in Australia : Achieving Reform and Change through Reading and its Attempted Suppression

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Arnold gives a brief history of the Left Book Club in Australia and its attempted suppression. The article examines the club's success in achieving its core aims, "socialism and education", analysing its impact on Australian politics and culture and the extent to which it "changed the way people purchased and read books".