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Australian History in 7 Questions by John Hirst
$23.00 AUD
Category: Australian
'If there are genuine questions about Australian history, there is something to puzzle over. The history ceases to be predictable - and dull.' From the author of The Shortest History of Europe, acclaimed historian John Hirst, comes this fresh and stimulating approach to understanding Australia's past an ...Show more
Australian History in Seven Questions by John Hirst
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
From the author of The Shortest History of Europe, acclaimed historian John Hirst, comes this fresh and stimulating approach to understanding Australia's past and present. Hirst asks and answers questions that get to the heart of Australia's history: Why did Aborigines not take up farming? How did a pen ...Show more
Looking for Australia by John Hirst
$32.95 AUD
Category: History
What are the qualities at the heart of Australian culture? How did they arise? What distinguishes us from other nations beyond a fondness for calling each other 'mate'? And what do such national quirks reveal about our society, our past and our attitudes towards it? Looking for Australia is a fascinatin ...Show more
Sense and Nonsense in Australian History by John Hirst
$34.95 AUD
Category: History
Although a self-proclaimed conservative, Hirst's work has received high praise from historians ranging from Don Watson to Stuart Macintyre. This book collects key pieces on convict society, the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism, the republican movement and more.
The Shortest History of Europe by John Hirst
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
An absorbing, big-picture history, full of intriguing examples and anecdotes, from one of Australia's most innovative and original historians. Did you know that the Fall of Rome gave rise to private property and individual rights? Or that, curiously enough, the Roman Empire still existed in the nineteen ...Show more
The Shortest History of Europe: Revised and Updated by John Hirst
$25.00 AUD
Category: European
Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilisation, from Ancient Greece and Rome to the two World Wars. The Shortest History of Europe begins with a rapid overview of European civilisation, describing its birth from an unlikel ...Show more
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