Two Against the Tide

Ann Lazarsfeld-Jensen was a Senior Lecturer in social sciences at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst, NSW for fourteen years. She is now Adjunct Senior Research Fellow of CSU School of Theology, Canberra. This book emerged from her time at the London School of Economics' anthropology department as a visiting scholar.

“I found the book hard to put down. It ranges widely and confidently across a breathtaking range of topics: from the rise of fascism to collecting, from Seligman’s Semitic/Hamitic thesis to Brenda’s mental health. The author does a great job of drawing together a wide range of sources, making the most of her previous scholarship, her own personal knowledge and scholarly connections.” • David Mills, University of Oxford“I was fascinated by the double biography of Brenda and Sligs, a distinguished but not untypical academic couple working in European universities between the two world wars. The story of their marriage, their joint adventures in far-flung places, the tragic fate of their children, is fascinating and well-told.” • Adam Kuper, London School of Economics and Political Science

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. A Lesser Mortal among the Men from CambridgeChapter 2. The Most Remarkable Major William Cooke DanielsChapter 3. The Ascent of a Bride with a Blue PencilChapter 4. The Brotherhood of BridesChapter 5. Brenda’s Search for Her Place in the SunChapter 6. The Watershed Year of 1911, Race Science, and World PeaceChapter 7. Out of EgyptChapter 8. The Making of MalinowskiChapter 9. Losing Her MindChapter 10. Shellshock and the Joyful ReunionChapter 11. Seligman’s ErrorChapter 12. Finding Life after OliviaChapter 13. MandarinsChapter 14. The Constant CollectorsChapter 15. The Unthinkable: Race, Science and GenocideChapter 16. ConclusionReferences