In ""The Historian's Conscience"", Macintyre and thirteen other Australian historians put history and the history profession under the microscope. 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? And for whom are they entitled to speak? Intellectually provocative, often personally revealing, always engaged, ""The Historian's Conscience"" is a 'must read'.

In The Historian's Conscience, Stuart Macintyre and thirteen other Australian historians put history and the history profession under the microscope. Contributors not only ask but answer the hard questions about writing and researching history.

About the Author
Stuart Macintyre is Ernest Scott Professor of History, Dean of Arts and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. His books include The History Wars; A Colonial Liberalism; A History for a Nation (MUP); The Oxford History of Australia, vol. 4; and The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from Origins to Illegality.


Book Information
ISBN 9780522851397
Author Stuart Macintyre
Format Paperback
Page Count 180
Imprint Melbourne University Press
Publisher Melbourne University Press
Weight(grams) 202g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 132mm * 12mm