Sense & nonsense in Australian history

Sense & nonsense in Australian history / John Hirst.

Sense and Nonsense in Australian History represents a lifetime's original reflection by Australia's most innovative and penetrating historian. Included here are classic essays on the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism and colonial culture. There are celebrated critiques of The Tyran...

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Main Author: Hirst, John (John Bradley), 1942-2016 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Melbourne, Victoria : Black Inc. Agenda, [2009]
Series:Black Inc. Agenda series.
Subjects:
Historiography
Australia > History.
Australia > Historiography.
Australia
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Sense and Nonsense in Australian History represents a lifetime's original reflection by Australia's most innovative and penetrating historian. Included here are classic essays on the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism and colonial culture. There are celebrated critiques of The Tyranny of Distance, multiculturalism and nationalistic history, as well as a substantial essay on Aboriginal dispossession and the history wars. In Sense and Nonsense in Australian History, John Hirst overturns familiar conceptions and deepens our sense of Australia's development from convict society to distinctiv.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781921825408
1921825405
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 09, 2014).
Print version record.

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