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The Art of Time Travel

Historians and Their Craft

By: Tom Griffiths

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The Art of Time Travel

Historians and Their Craft

By: Tom Griffiths

No matter how practised we are at history, it always humbles us. No matter how often we visit the past, it always surprises us. Winner of the Ernest Scott Prize and Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-fiction 'A rare feat of imagination and generosity.' – Mark McKenna With every sentence they write, historians must walk the tightrope between discipline and imagination, empathy and evidence. In this landmark work, eminent historian and award-winning author Tom Griffiths shares his passion for the fascinating, complex craft of history – or, as he calls it, the art of time travel. In fourteen portraits, Griffiths illuminates how historians such as Inga Clendinnen, Judith Wright, Geoffrey Blainey and Henry Reynolds have approached their craft. In prose both earthy and elegant, he shows the new insights they have brought to Australian history, and in so doing reshapes our shared knowledge of this continent. The Art of Time Travel is an exhilarating book that will forever change the way you think of Australia's past. 'If the past is a foreign country, Tom Griffiths makes the perfect travelling companion. Let him be your eyes and ears on our shared history. Most of all, follow his heart.' – Clare Wright

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Black Inc.

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1925203123

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Richard Seddon: King of God's Own

King of God's Own

By: Tom Brooking

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Richard Seddon: King of God's Own

King of God's Own

By: Tom Brooking

**2014 Must Read** Otago Daily Times 'The life, the health, the intelligence, and the morals of the nation count for more than riches, and I would rather have this country free from want and squalor and unemployed than the home of multi-millionaires.'—Richard Seddon, 1905 *** Casting a long shadow over New Zealand history, Richard John Seddon, Premier from 1893 to his untimely death in 1906, held a clear vision for the country he led. Pushing New Zealand in more egalitarian directions than ever before, he was both the builder and the maintenance man – if not the architect – of our country. Challenging popular opinion of New Zealand's longest-serving Prime Minister as a ruthless pragmatist, cunning misogynist and Imperialistic jingoist, this landmark biography of Seddon presents an altogether more sympathetic, erudite appraisal. Reconciling two generations of New Zealand scholarship, Richard Seddon: King of God's Own demonstrates that, while holding fast to common ideals, Seddon was successful by mastering the art of the possible. He knew instinctively what his electorate would tolerate and remained in step with public opinion. Despite contradictions in his attitudes towards other races, he fought to ensure privilege did not become entrenched in what he envisioned as a white man's utopia. In this perceptive new evaluation, political historian Tom Brooking explains Seddon's complex relationship with Maori and shows how he in fact held a progressively bi-cultural vision for the future of 'God's Own Country'. Seddon was no saint. Somewhat autocratic and given to petty nepotism, he nevertheless remains the most dominant political leader in our country's history. Internationally, his high profile within the Empire helped put New Zealand on the map. Domestically, he sought a middle ground between free-market extremism and full-blown socialism. And more privately, Seddon was a devoted family man, his actions shaped much more by his supportive wife and assertive daughters than has previously been realised. Richard Seddon: King of God's Own is a superlative achievement in New Zealand history writing. Absorbing, wide-ranging and beautifully articulated, it reframes and repositions one of the founding fathers of modern New Zealand. *** 'The definitive biography of one of New Zealand's most influential political leaders.' —Paul Moon, author of New Zealand in the Twentieth Century 'King of God's Own is a nuanced and generous assessment of our most famous Premier, a man very much of his own time.' —Gavin McLean, co-editor of the bestselling Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand 'An excellent biography, and a major revision of an important period in this country's history.' —Barry Gustafson, acclaimed biographer of Sir Keith Holyoake, Sir Robert Muldoon and Michael Joseph Savage Also available as an eBook

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976

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Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

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1742539297

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9781742539294

Britain and the Spanish Civil War

By: Tom Buchanan

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Britain and the Spanish Civil War

By: Tom Buchanan

This book offers an interpretation of a foreign conflict that has had a greater impact on modern British politics than any other.

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260

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Cambridge University Press

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0521455693

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Hunters and Collectors

The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia

By: Tom Griffiths

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Hunters and Collectors

The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia

By: Tom Griffiths

Hunters and Collectors is about historical consciousness and environmental sensibilities in European Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is in part a collective biography of amateur antiquarians, archaeologists, naturalists, journalists and historians: people who shaped the Australian historical imagination. Dr Griffiths illuminates the way these avid collectors and investigators of the Australian land and of its indigenous inhabitants contributed a sense of identity at colony-wide and eventually nationwide level. He also considers the rise of professional history, anthropology and archaeology in the universities, which ignored the efforts of the amateurs. Griffiths shows how the seemingly trivial activities of these hunters and collectors feed into the political and environmental debates of the 1990s. This book is outstanding in its originality, interpretative insight and literary flair.

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438

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Cambridge University Press

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0521483492

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9780521483490

Lakeside City

The Dreaming of Joondalup

By: Tom Stannage

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Lakeside City

The Dreaming of Joondalup

By: Tom Stannage

Stannage (history, U. of Western Australia) draws upon information resulting from extensive research and a large number of interviews to tell the story of people who shared a vision and conceived the means of achieving it. He reveals that although the evolution of Joondalup was not all plain sailing between those of differing backgrounds and sometimes opposing philosophies, the strong sense of ownership and the objective remained constant. The text is complemented by many color and bandw photographs, maps, and reproductions of letters. First published in 1996. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Uwa Pub

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1875560947

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9781875560943

The Fuss That Never Ended

The Life and Work of Geoffrey Blainey

By: Deborah Gare,Geoffrey Bolton,Stuart Macintyre,Tom Stannage

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The Fuss That Never Ended

The Life and Work of Geoffrey Blainey

By: Deborah Gare,Geoffrey Bolton,Stuart Macintyre,Tom Stannage

It is time to reassess the work of Geoffrey Blainey, and consider his role in Australian history, politics and public life. Geoffrey Blainey has steered Australian history into the nation’s conversation. No one would dispute that he is a courageous public intellectual, a writer of rare grace and a master storyteller. And he has indeed provoked a rare fuss, both public and professional, with some of his comments on Asian immigration and Aboriginal land rights. Blainey has challenged the academic history profession, not only with his ideas but also by his practice. A brilliant student, he looked set for Oxford but chose instead the austere west coast of Tasmania for his postgraduate research. For the next decade he earned a living with his pen. And instead of political history in the traditional academic mould, he wrote corporate histories that dispensed with footnotes. Always probing and speculative, Blainey has dislodged many of the keystones in our understandings of Australia’s past. He was one of the first to write about the expansive social history of this land before 1788; he questioned whether Botany Bay was founded primarily as a convict colony; he argued that the Eureka uprising had economic rather than political causes; and he identified sport as a neglected key to the Australian character. His controversial views earned such newspaper headlines as ‘Brave Man Set Upon by Thugs for Telling Truth’. In The Fuss That Never Ended a lively and distinguished assembly of fellow historians—of various ages, interests and political stances—take a fresh look at Blainey’s remarkable and sometimes controversial career.

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242

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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052286368X

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9780522863680

Tom Stoppard in Conversation

By: Tom Stoppard

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Tom Stoppard in Conversation

By: Tom Stoppard

British playwright Tom Stoppard in his own words

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University of Michigan Press

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0472065610

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The Art of Time Travel

The Art of Time Travel

Richard Seddon: King of God's Own

Richard Seddon: King of God's Own

Britain and the Spanish Civil War

Britain and the Spanish Civil War

Hunters and Collectors

Hunters and Collectors

Lakeside City

Lakeside City

The Fuss That Never Ended

The Fuss That Never Ended

Tom Stoppard in Conversation

Tom Stoppard in Conversation

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