
The Historian's Conscience
Australian Historians on the Ethics of History
Stuart Macintyre(Editor)
Melbourne University Press
Published on 1. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
166 pages
978-0-522-85139-7 (ISBN)
Description
In ""The Historian's Conscience"", Macintyre and thirteen other Australian historians put history and the history profession under the microscope. Eminent contributors include Alan Atkinson, Graeme Davison, Greg Dening, John Hirst, Beverley Kingston, Marilyn Lake, and Iain McCalman. They not only ask but answer the hard questions about writing and researching history. How do historians choose their histories? What sort of emotional investment do they make in their subjects, and how do they control their sympathies? How do they deal with unpalatable discoveries? To whom are historians responsible? And for whom are they entitled to speak? Intellectually provocative, often personally revealing, always engaged, ""The Historian's Conscience"" is a 'must read'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
195 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-522-85139-7 (9780522851397)
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10/2016
Simon + Schuster LLC
€14.28
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Person
Stuart Macintyre is Ernest Scott Professor of History, Dean of Arts and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. His books include The History Wars; A Colonial Liberalism; A History for a Nation (MUP); The Oxford History of Australia, vol. 4; and The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from Origins to Illegality.