The Discovery of Australian History 1890-1939 edited by Stuart Macintyre and Julian Thomas

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Small stain on half-title page.

The Discovery of Australian History presents the lives and work of ten of early historians who pioneered the academic discipline of Australian history. The path was not an easy one. The times and the institutions were conservative, resistant to change and new direction. The consequences for a number of these historians were tragic.

Chapters on George Arnold Wood, G C Henderson, Edward Shann, Ernest Scott, Jessie Webb, A C V Melbourne, Stephen Roberts, Keith Hancock, Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Max Crawford.