The History Wars,9780522851281

The History Wars

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780522851281
ISBN10: 0522851282
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-06-15
Publisher(s): Melbourne University Press
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Summary

This reissue of a highly controversial book examines how a nation's history is always open to interpretation and chronicles various battling viewpoints observed in infamy by many Australians. A detailed summary of the relationships between historians, cultural critics, and major social figures, this work records fascinating stories such as historian Manning Clark's public exposure as a Soviet agent, the ferocious parliamentary debate on immigration sparked by historian Geoffrey Blainey, and the story of editor Robert Manne's defense of indigenous Australians. This new edition includes a new chapter by the authors, as well as a new foreword exploring the book's relevance in its original publication.

Author Biography

Stuart Macintyre is the Ernest Scott Professor of History and the dean of arts and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of A Colonial Liberalism, A History for a Nation, The Oxford History of Australia, and The Reds. Anna Clark is a doctoral student at the University of Melbourne. Sir Anthony Mason is the former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Acknowledgements ix
History under fire
1(13)
What do historians do?
14(17)
What do they say?
31(19)
The historian under fire: Manning Clark
50(22)
The historian betrayed: Geoffrey Blainey
72(21)
Bicentenary battles
93(26)
`Relaxed and comfortable'
119(23)
Frontier conflict
142(29)
What do they teach our children? Anna Clark
171(20)
Working through the museum's labels
191(25)
Conclusion 216(7)
Afterword 223(21)
Sources 244(47)
Index 291

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