{"product_id":"sense-nonsense-in-australian-history-paperback","title":"Sense \u0026 Nonsense in Australian History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Hirst\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSense and Nonsense in Australian History represents a lifetime's original reflection by Australia's most innovative and penetrating historian. Included here are classic essays on the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism and colonial culture. There are celebrated critiques of The Tyranny of Distance, multiculturalism and nationalistic history, as well as a substantial essay on Aboriginal dispossession and the history wars. In Sense and Nonsense in Australian History, John Hirst overturns familiar conceptions and deepens our sense of Australia's development from convict society to distinctive democracy. \"one of the nation's most independent and original historians\" - Geoffrey Blainey \"John Hirst is the gadfly of Australian history, stinging and provocative\" - Stuart Macintyre \"essential reading for those who want to ponder, let alone write and teach about, Australian history\" - Robert Murray, The Weekend Australian\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42902463774855,"sku":"9780977594931","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/M0svU3J1ZHJWV2NNbDI4WlpudWhHZz09_9ff358df-c21b-436b-b333-ab4dad341de9.webp?v=1752566439","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sense-nonsense-in-australian-history-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}