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The Historian's Conscience: Australian Historians on the Ethics of History
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Paperback. Editor(s): Macintyre, Stuart. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBAH; HBJM; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 208.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522851397
SKU
V9780522851397
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99-50
About
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.
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