Stubborn survivors: dissenting essays on peasants and Third World development, 1967-1985

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Series 5

Content Summary:

In 1980, following the untimely death of lawyer, academic, political activist and Indonesianist Rex Mortimer, Feith and Rod Tiffen proposed the posthumous publication of an edited volume of Mortimer's essays. Stubborn survivors: dissenting essays on peasants and Third World development was published by the Centre of South-East Asian Studies, Monash University in 1984.

This series contains correspondence between Mortimer and Feith (1967-1979), correspondence between Mortimer and others, correspondence relating to publication of the book, research notes and drafts. There are also copies of many of Mortimer's essays. Correspondents include Jamie Mackie, Heinz Arndt, Ken Ward, Ken Thomas, Mary Mortimer, and Ben Anderson of Cornell University, who wrote the introduction to the book.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The bulk of the papers were donated to the Library in 2002 by Herb Feith's widow, Betty, and his son, David Feith. Also in 2002, smaller groups of papers were donated by Professor John Legge, Dr Gerry van Klinker and Daniel S. Lev.

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