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Packaging the past? Public histories

Rickard, John, 1935-1991
Books, Manuscripts
Addresses important questions about the presentation of Australian history and its public profile.
Main title:
Packaging the past? Public histories / by John Rickard and Peter Spearritt
Imprint:
Melbourne VIC : Melbourne University Press, April 1991
Collation:
263p. illustrations
Contents:
Public history - Paradigms of public history - Heritage - History and natural history: conservation movements in conflict? - Money, taste and industrial heritage - Historical homes - Nocturnal demolitions: the long march towards heritage legislation in Queensland - Heritage legislation in the Territory - History on the Rocks - At home with Sandy Stone: conserving Camberwell - The battle for Newcastle: heritage and the earthquake - Museums and material culture - Country Style: the market and the museum - Selling the past: history in museums in the 1990s - Historical interpretation at Sovereign Hill - Working for the Living Museum of the West - Aborigines, memorials and the history of the frontier - War memorials in Australia and New Zealand - Teaching, writing and consulting - Teaching applied history - Stranger than fiction: the Daily Mirror Historical Feature - The local history industry - Girl historian - The Professional Historians Association
ISBN:
0522844588
Dewey class:
907.2
Language:
English
BRN:
139313
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
ResearchHistory Support Collection907.2 PACAvailable
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