Lessons from History by Carolyn Holbrook

Lessons from History by Carolyn Holbrook

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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. The book is written with the conviction that we must see the world, and confront its many challenges, with an understanding of what has gone before.

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Lessons from History by Carolyn Holbrook

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. The book is written with the conviction that we must see the world, and confront its many challenges, with an understanding of what has gone before.
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.

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.

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).
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ISBN 13 9781742237473
ISBN 10 1742237479
Title Lessons from History
Author Carolyn Holbrook
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher NewSouth Publishing
Year published 2022-07-01
Number of pages 432
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