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.
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505 0 |a Cover page; title page; copyright page; contents; preface; introduction: changing my mind; what sort of history?; australia's absurd history; distance -- was it a tyrant?; women and history; australian history and european civilisation; how sorry can we be?; what sort of nation?; convict society; transformation on the land; colonial society; egalitarianism; the pioneer legend; federation: destiny and identity; labor and conscription; the gallipoli landing; the communist threat; who tugged the forelock?; towards the republic; five fallacies of aboriginal policy. 
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