TY - JOUR
T1 - The Rise of the Insider
T2 - Memoirs and Diaries in Recent Australian Political History
AU - Scalmer, Sean
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - The memoirs and diaries composed by politicians represent an increasingly important form of history. This article provides a comprehensive survey of such writings in Australia. It suggests that they have become more popular, diffuse, confessional, immediate, ambitious, interventionist and cynical over recent decades. The significance of these developments is considered and some tentative explanations advanced.
AB - The memoirs and diaries composed by politicians represent an increasingly important form of history. This article provides a comprehensive survey of such writings in Australia. It suggests that they have become more popular, diffuse, confessional, immediate, ambitious, interventionist and cynical over recent decades. The significance of these developments is considered and some tentative explanations advanced.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77953212277&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2010.01543.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2010.01543.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953212277
SN - 0004-9522
VL - 56
SP - 82
EP - 104
JO - Australian Journal of Politics and History
JF - Australian Journal of Politics and History
IS - 1
ER -