Professor Of Democracy: The Life Of Charles Henry Pearson 1830-1894 Oxford Don And Australian Radical
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
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Few lives bridge two worlds as dramatically as that of Charles Henry Pearson — Oxford don, Victorian intellectual, and unlikely architect of Australian radical thought. Professor of Democracy chronicles the remarkable journey of Pearson (1830–1894), tracing his transformation from a celebrated Cambridge-educated historian and Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, into one of colonial Victoria's most provocative political thinkers, a man who championed free public education, democratic reform, and a bold vision for the Australian nation, decades before Federation. John Tregenza presents a meticulously researched portrait of a figure who defied easy categorisation — a conservative English scholar who became a progressive Australian statesman, and whose prescient 1893 work National Life and Character sent shockwaves through the corridors of power in London and Washington alike. Tregenza's authoritative prose situates Pearson at the crossroads of Victorian imperialism and antipodean egalitarianism, illuminating the tensions of an era in which old-world ideals collided with new-world ambitions. For readers drawn to the intellectual foundations of Australian democracy, this biography raises a question that lingers long after the final page: how much of the nation we know today was shaped by a man history nearly forgot?
Author: John Tregenza
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few lives bridge two worlds as dramatically as that of Charles Henry Pearson — Oxford don, Victorian intellectual, and unlikely architect of Australian radical thought. Professor of Democracy chronicles the remarkable journey of Pearson (1830–1894), tracing his transformation from a celebrated Cambridge-educated historian and Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, into one of colonial Victoria's most provocative political thinkers, a man who championed free public education, democratic reform, and a bold vision for the Australian nation, decades before Federation. John Tregenza presents a meticulously researched portrait of a figure who defied easy categorisation — a conservative English scholar who became a progressive Australian statesman, and whose prescient 1893 work National Life and Character sent shockwaves through the corridors of power in London and Washington alike. Tregenza's authoritative prose situates Pearson at the crossroads of Victorian imperialism and antipodean egalitarianism, illuminating the tensions of an era in which old-world ideals collided with new-world ambitions. For readers drawn to the intellectual foundations of Australian democracy, this biography raises a question that lingers long after the final page: how much of the nation we know today was shaped by a man history nearly forgot?