Packaging The Past: Public Histories
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Packaging The Past: Public Histories
By (Author) John Rickard
By (author) Peter Spearrit
Melbourne University Press
Melbourne University Press
31st May 1991
Australia
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
994
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 173mm, Height 240mm, Spine 17mm
500g
Description
Essays by leading academic and freelance historians look at the newest trends in teaching and appreciating the past. 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.
Author Bio
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 Sydneys Century: a history, won the NSW Premiers 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 Australias 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.
