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Published 28-02-2014
ISBN 9780522865769
Pages 272
Subjects History
Imprint MUP Digital

Packaging The Past?

Public Histories

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Published 28-02-2014
ISBN 9780522865769
Pages 272
Subjects History
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Essays by leading academic and freelance historians look at the newest trends in teaching and appreciating the past.

In this book, a special edition of the journal Australian Historical Studies, essays by leading academic and freelance historians look at the newest trends in teaching and appreciating the past.

About The Author

John Rickard is Emeritus Professor of History at Monash University. He is the author of H. B. Higgins: The Rebel as Judge, The Age Non-fiction Book of the Year for 1984, Australia: A Cultural History, Packaging the Past?: Public Histories, A Family Romance: The Deakins at Home and An Imperial Affair: Portrait of an Australian…

About The Author

Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt is an urban and environmental historian. His Sydney’s Century: a history, won the NSW Premier’s prize in 2000, and the third edition of his The Sydney Harbour Bridge: a life was published in 2011. His Where History Happened: the hidden past of Australia’s towns and places appeared in 2018. He is…