The art of time travel : historians and their craft
Griffiths, Tom, 1957-2016
Book
Writing good history is a high-wire act of balance and grace. Historians scour their own societies for vestiges of past worlds, for cracks and fissures in the pavement of the present, and for the shimmers and hauntings of history in everyday action. In The Art of Time Travel, eminent historian and award-winning author Tom Griffiths explores the craft of discipline and imagination that is history. Through portraits of fifteen historians at work, including Inga Clendinnen, Judith Wright, Geoffrey Blainey and Henry Reynolds, he observes how a body of work is constructed out of a life-long dialogue between past evidence and present experience. Riveting, beautiful and elegantly written, this landmark book conjures fresh insights into the history of Australia and revitalises our sense of thehistorian's craft - what Tom Griffiths calls 'the art of time travel'.
Main title:
The art of time travel : historians and their craft / Tom Griffiths.
Author:
Griffiths, Tom, 1957-, author
Imprint:
Carlton, Victoria : Black Inc. books, 2016.Carlton, Victoria : Black Inc. books, 2016.©2016
Collation:
376 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781863958561 (paperback)
Dewey class:
994
Language:
English
BRN:
430947
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | -History | HISTORY 994 GRIF | Available |