{"product_id":"lessons-from-history-leading-historians-tackle-australias-greatest-challenges-paperback-1","title":"Lessons from History: Leading Historians Tackle Australia's Greatest Challenges - 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\u003eDavid Lowe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Holbrook\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLyndon Megarrity\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLessons from History\u003c\/i\u003e leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present. Does history repeat itself in meaningful ways, or is each problem unique? Does a knowledge of Australian history enhance our understanding of the present and prepare us for the future? \u003ci\u003eLessons from History\u003c\/i\u003e is written with the conviction that we must see the world, and confront its many challenges, with an understanding of what has gone before. Leading historians including Yves Rees, Michelle Arrow, Mahsheed Ansari, Joan Beaumont, Claire Wright, and Frank Bongiorno tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world--climate change, social cohesion, migration, our relationship with China, tensions in the federation, economic crisis, trade relations--and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present and future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Lowe \u003c\/b\u003eis Chair of Contemporary History at Deakin University and co-founder of the Australian Policy and History Network. Recent books include (with Carola Lentz) \u003ci\u003eRemembering Independence\u003c\/i\u003e, Routledge, 2018 and (edited, with Cassandra Atherton and Alyson Miller) \u003ci\u003eThe Unfinished Atomic Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e, Rowman and Littlefield, 2018. \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Holbrook\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian in the Contemporary Histories Research Group at Deakin University and the Director of Australian Policy and History. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e Anzac: The Unauthorised Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, published by NewSouth in 2014, and co-editor (with Keir Reeves) of \u003ci\u003eThe Great War: Aftermath and Commemoration\u003c\/i\u003e, published by UNSW Press in 2019. \u003cb\u003eLyndon Megarrity\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, historian, and tertiary educator based in Townsville. His most recent book is\u003ci\u003e Northern Dreams: The Politics of Northern Development in Australia \u003c\/i\u003e(2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47292875833593,"sku":"9781742237473","price":50.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/7uWXFj9l5W9781742237473_5095a166-4f5c-40af-bfd5-fd0a2d16b522.webp?v=1769171056","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/lessons-from-history-leading-historians-tackle-australias-greatest-challenges-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}