Hemisphere : Asian-Australian viewpoints and ideas
Digitised Book 18.226.28.48 (0)
1965
Information About
This publication is a collection of essays from "Hemisphere", a monthly magazine which aims to inform Australians about Asia, and Asians about Australia by promoting intellectual exchange and fostering knowledge as a means to mutual understanding. The articles showcase the rich diversity and achievements in the history and culture of Australia and Asia in areas such as archaeology, architecture, art, biography, ethnology, history, literature, music, philosophy and sociology.
Additional Details
- Subject
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- Asia
- Australia
- Asia--Social conditions--Periodicals
- Australia--Social conditions--Periodicals
- Publisher
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- National Library Board Singapore, 1965
- Donald Moore Books , 1965
- Contributors
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- Maguire, R. J.
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 161021 KB, 320 p.
- Table of Contents
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- myth-maker of Australian painting -- The Buddhist art of Ceylon -- Harmony: the key to Japanese art -- The man who could do everything -- Iqbal: his mind and art -- Morrison of Peking -- Aboriginal Australia: languages and literature -- Aborigines of Malaya -- The writing of Asian history -- Christianity in India -- Early European knowledge of Australia -- Thai indigenous literature -- Translating modern Indonesian literature -- The translation of modern Japanese literature -- Japanese and English -- The English language in India -- Modern Australian prose -- An introduction to Australian poetry -- The reading habits of Australians -- Music in Australia -- The Indian philosophical tradition -- In search of an Indonesian identity -- The search for an Australian identity -- The Australian family -- Australia's urban society -- Social classes in twentieth century Australia -- The Filipino: a citizen of two worlds -- Life in a south Sumatran village -- A land of contrasts.
- Copyright
- All rights reserved. Donald Moore Books, 1965