Packaging The Past?
Public Histories
Published on 31. May 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-522-84458-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-522-84458-0 (9780522844580)
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E-Book
02/2014
Simon + Schuster LLC
€12.85
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Persons
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 Marriage.
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 the co-editor of the websites victorianplaces.com.au and queenslandplaces.com.au and is currently working on urban water futures for Brisbane and Sydney.
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 the co-editor of the websites victorianplaces.com.au and queenslandplaces.com.au and is currently working on urban water futures for Brisbane and Sydney.