Packaging The Past?
Public Histories
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.
Genres
Pages272
Released2014
LanguageEnglish
PublisherMelbourne University Publishing
ISBN9780522865769
SellerSimon & Schuster
About the author(s)
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.
