Synopses & Reviews
Drawn from decades of experience, this is a concise and highly practical guide to writing history. Aimed at all kinds of people who write history -- academic historians, public historians, professional historians, family historians and students of all levels -- the book includes a wide range of examples from many genres and styles.
About the Author
ANN CURTHOYS Professor of History at the University of Sydney, Australia. In addition to writing about historical theory and method, she has written about many facets of Australian history, especially the relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Her previous books include
Freedom Ride: A Freedomrider Remembers (2002) and (with Mary Spongberg and Barbara Caine),
A Companion to Women's Historical Writing (Palgrave, 2005).
ANN MCGRATH Professor of History at the Australian National University, Australia. She has written numerous books and articles, including 'Born in the Cattle': Aborigines in Cattle Country (1987) and with Pat Grimshaw, Marilyn Lake and Marian Quartly, co-authored Creating a Nation (1994). McGrath has won various prizes for writing and has worked as a historian on public enquiries and commissions, has made television documentaries, curated museum exhibitions and developed pod-streaming history projects.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Navigating History in the 21st century
Which History to Tell?
Who is your History for?
Crying in the Archives
History in 3D: Visual, Oral and Material Sources
How to Avoid Writer's Block
Once upon a Time: Beginnings and Endings
Narrative, Plot, Action!
Styling Pasts for Presents
Character and Emotion
Footnote Fetishism: Quotes and Notes
Tough Love: Editing and Revising
Epilogue: The After Party - Marketing, Celebrating and Reviews
Notes
Index