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From the 1930s to the 1950s a large number of left-wing men and
women in the USA, Britain, Europe, Australia and Canada were
recruited to the Soviet intelligence services. They were amateurs
and the reason for their success is intriguing. Using Soviet
archives, this work explores these successes.
From Hunting to Drinking reveals the devastating effects that alcohol has had over a period of 30 years on Mornington Island, off the North Queensland Coast, Australia. David McKnight explores how drinking now affects all reaches of community life and reviews the history of drinking in Australia as well as its causes and asks why the situation has been allowed to continue, exploring the vested interest that the authorities have in the sale of alcohol on the island.
David Mcknight assesses the effects that alcohol has had on a small aboriginal community. He explores why drinking has become the main social activity, leading to high levels of illness, suicide and homicide.
From the 1930's to the 1950's a significant number of left-wing men
and women in the United States, Britain, Europe, Australia and
Canada were recruited to the Soviet intellgence services.
These people were amateurs, rather than professional intelligence
workers and the reason for their success is intriguing and has
never been satisfactorily explained.
Using recently released Soviet archives, this book seeks to explore
the foundations for these successes in the deliberately concealed
tradition of underground political activity which was part of the
communist movement. This tradition, which became extremely useful
to Soviet intelligence, also explains the origins of the
"tradecraft" of espionage. The book seeks to contribute to the
study of the causes of the early Cold War, by explaining how this
underground tradition lead to espionage.
This title shows that while allegations of disloyalty during the
Cold War were often part of a witch-hunt, the Left and their
liberal allies sometimes unwittingly had a number of skeletons in
their closet.
This is a fascinating exploration of the relationship between
marriage, violence and sorcery in an Australian Aboriginal
Community, drawing on David McKnight's extensive research on
Mornington Island. The case studies, which occurred both before and
after a Presbyterian Mission was established on the island, allow
McKnight to show how the complexities of kin ties and increased
sexual competition help to explain incidences of violence and
sorcery, without resorting to psychiatric justifications. He
demonstrates that kin ties both stimulated conflict and helped to
mitigate it. Following on from McKnight's previous book, Going the
Whiteman's Way (Ashgate 2004), Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery
offers an archive of valuable primary materials, drawing on the
author's forty-year knowledge of the community on Mornington
Island.
This is a fascinating exploration of the relationship between
marriage, violence and sorcery in an Australian Aboriginal
Community, drawing on David McKnight's extensive research on
Mornington Island. The case studies, which occurred both before and
after a Presbyterian Mission was established on the island, allow
McKnight to show how the complexities of kin ties and increased
sexual competition help to explain incidences of violence and
sorcery, without resorting to psychiatric justifications. He
demonstrates that kin ties both stimulated conflict and helped to
mitigate it. Following on from McKnight's previous book, Going the
Whiteman's Way (Ashgate 2004), Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery
offers an archive of valuable primary materials, drawing on the
author's forty-year knowledge of the community on Mornington
Island.
Populism can be a dirty word. Brexit and the election of Donald
Trump have certainly given it a bad name. But rather than
associating it with demagoguery and exclusion, might we better see
it as a backlash against free market globalisation? Might it be
harnessed as a positive force able to thrive in difficult times?
This timely and persuasive book exposes the failures of
globalisation: greedy banks, predatory privatisation, corporate tax
avoidance and a growing underclass of temporary overseas workers.
David McKnight argues that a progressive populism could address the
genuine economic grievances of everyday people, without
scapegoating immigrants or ethnic minorities. In fact, a
progressive form of populism may be the best way of defeating the
racist backlash of right-wing populism. It may also be the best way
to save the planet. In a world where the super-rich get richer, one
that is charged with hate-filled language as people look for
someone else to blame, the case for progressive populism must be
heard. This important book helps give it voice.
This exhibition catalogue features over 100 highlights of a large
and extraordinary collection of Canadian little magazines and
Canadian small press and micro-press imprints assembled by David
McKnight. As a determined collector/librarian imbued with
remarkable passion and resolve, McKnight invested 30 years
developing a private collection that has considerable potential for
literary research in the areas of Canadian Modernist poetry,
avant-garde literature, and the production of small magazines in
Canada. McKnight generously donated the collection to the
University of Alberta Libraries in 2012, and this publication
unveils the collection publicly for the first time.
A look at the underbelly of an industry whose power continues to
soar even as its expansion feeds catastrophic climate change, this
work dissects the Australian coal industry's influence to publicly,
and behind closed doors, get its way. The book exposes the myth of
clean coal and the taxpayer-funded public relations machine behind
it while laying bare the desolation in regional Australia as prime
farming land, the fabric of communities, and much else is
stripmined along with the coal. Most contentiously of all, Big Coal
explores how Australia can break its dirtiest habit and move to a
far more sustainable, yet still prosperous, future.
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