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Sean Scalmer Sean Scalmer i(A10216 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Historian.

In 2020, he was Professor at the University of Melbourne, which he joined in 2007: he has also worked at Macquarie University.

His book On the Stump: Campaign Oratory and Democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia won the 2018 General History Prize in the NSW Premier's History Awards.

He is the author of a range of works on political history, including On the Stump (2017), Gandhi in the West (2011), The Little History of Australian Unionism (2006) and Dissent Events (2002).

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2022 recipient State Library of New South Wales Fellowships Coral Thomas Fellowship for a history of the eight-hour day movement.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Democratic Adventurer : Graham Berry and the Making of Australian Politics Clayton : Monash University Publishing , 2020 18575855 2020 single work biography

'Graham Berry (1822-1904) was colonial Australia’s most gifted, creative and controversial politician. A riveting speaker, a newspaper proprietor and editor, and the founder of Australia’s first mass political party, he wielded these tools to launch an age of reform: spearheading the adoption of a ‘protectionist’ economic policy, the payment of parliamentarians, and the taxing of large landowners. He also sought the reform of the Constitution, precipitating a crisis that the London Times likened to a ‘revolution’. This book recovers Berry’s forgotten and fascinating life. It explores his drives and aspirations, the scandals and defeats that nearly derailed his career, and his remarkable rise from linen-draper and grocer to adored popular leader. It establishes his formative influence on later Australian politics. And it also uses Berry’s life to reflect on the possibilities and constraints of democratic politics, hoping thereby to enrich the contemporary political imagination.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 shortlisted Victorian Community History Award History Publication Award
A Sentimental Education in the Moving of Boxes 1999 single work essay
— Appears in: AQ : Journal of Contemporary Analysis , January-February vol. 71 no. 1 1999; (p. 18-21)
1998 third AQ Essay Competition
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