The Historian's Conscience: Australian Historians on the Ethics of History

by Stuart Macintyre

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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?...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0522851398

ISBN13:9780522851397

Release Date:October 2004

Publisher:Melbourne University

Length:180 Pages

Weight:0.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.2" x 7.9"

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