Lessons from History: Leading Historians Tackle Australia's Greatest Challenges - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1742237479 ISBN 13 : 9781742237473

Editeur : NewSouth Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

In Lessons from History leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present. Does history repeat itself in meaningful ways, or is each problem unique? Does a knowledge of Australian history enhance our understanding of the present and prepare us for the future? Lessons from History is written with the conviction that we must see the world, and confront its many challenges, with an understanding of what has gone before. Leading historians including Yves Rees, Michelle Arrow, Mahsheed Ansari, Joan Beaumont, Claire Wright, and Frank Bongiorno tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world--climate change, social cohesion, migration, our relationship with China, tensions in the federation, economic crisis, trade relations--and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present and future.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Lowe is Chair of Contemporary History at Deakin University and co-founder of the Australian Policy and History Network. Recent books include (with Carola Lentz) Remembering Independence, Routledge, 2018 and (edited, with Cassandra Atherton and Alyson Miller) The Unfinished Atomic Bomb, Rowman and Littlefield, 2018. Carolyn Holbrook is a historian in the Contemporary Histories Research Group at Deakin University and the Director of Australian Policy and History. She is the author of Anzac: The Unauthorised Biography, published by NewSouth in 2014, and co-editor (with Keir Reeves) of The Great War: Aftermath and Commemoration, published by UNSW Press in 2019. Lyndon Megarrity is an author, historian, and tertiary educator based in Townsville. His most recent book is Northern Dreams: The Politics of Northern Development in Australia (2018).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NewSouth Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1742237479
• ISBN 13: 9781742237473
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Éditeur: Holbrook Carolyn, Lowe David, Megarrity Lyndon
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