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True Stories

History, Politics, Aboriginality (1999 Boyer Lectures)

True Stories( )
Author: Clendinnen, Inga
ISBN:978-1-921799-15-0
Publication Date:May 2010
Publisher:Text Publishing Company
Book Format:Digital download
List Price:USD $19.95
Book Description:

Inga Clendinnen believes that democratic people need true stories about their past. In these engaging essays, based on her 1999 Boyer Lectures, she argues for the rejection of any single, simple account of the Australian past and looks towards a deeper understanding of what whites have done to Indigenous Australians.

Book Details
Pages:144
Author Biography
Clendinnen, Inga (Author)
Inga Clendinnen was born in Geelong, Australia on August 17, 1934. She studied history at the University of Melbourne. She became a historian of Aztec and Mayan culture and society. She taught at the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University. She wrote numerous books during her lifetime including Reading the Holocaust, Tiger's Eye, Dancing with Strangers, and Agamemnon's Kiss. She died on September 8, 2016 at the age of 82.

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