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Ann Curthoys

Author of How to Write History that People Want to Read

17+ Works 241 Members

About the Author

Image credit: Courtesy of Allen and Unwin

Series

Australia's first cold war, 1945-1959

Works by Ann Curthoys

How to Write History that People Want to Read (2009) 78 copies

Is History Fiction? (2005) 69 copies

Freedom Ride: A Freedom Rider Remembers (2002) 19 copies

Australians from 1939 (1987) 14 copies

Taking Liberty: Indigenous Rights and Settler Self-Government in Colonial Australia, 1830-1890 (Critical Perspectives on Empire) (2018) 8 copies

Who are our enemies? : racism and the Australian working class (1978) 8 copies

Australia's first cold war : 1945-1953. Vol. 1, Society, communism and culture (1985) 7 copies

Connected Worlds: History in Transnational Perspective (2005) 7 copies

Women at work (1975) 6 copies

Rights and Redemption: History, Law, and Indigenous People (2008) 6 copies

What Did You Do in the Cold War, Daddy?: Personal Stories from a Troubled Time (2014) 6 copies

Writing histories: imagination and narration (2001) 5 copies

The Last Tour: Paul and Eslanda Robeson's Visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1960 (2025) 2 copies

Better Dead Than Red (Better Dead Than Red) (1986) 2 copies

Journalism: Print, Politics & Popular Culture (Uqp Australian Studies) (1999) 2 copies

For and Against Feminism: A Personal Journey into Feminist Theory and History (1988) 1 copy

For and against feminism : a personal journey into feminist theory and history (1988) 1 copy

Associated Works

Australia's Empire (2008) — Contributor — 27 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1945
Gender: female
Education: University of Sydney
Macquarie University
Occupations: historian
professor
Organizations: University of Sydney
Academy of Social Sciences of Australia
Australian Academy of the Humanities
Awards and honors: Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Nationality: Australia
Associated Place (for map): Australia

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Freedom Ride: A Freedom Rider Remembers (2003)

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Statistics

Works: 17
Also by: 1
Members: 241
Popularity: #94,247
Rating: ½ 3.3

ISBNs: 42

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