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'The Australian Dictionary of Biography captures the life and times and culture of this country in an absolutely distinctive and irreplaceable way. It is the indispensable record of who we are, and of the characters who have made us what we are. I could not be prouder of ANU's continuing r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Nolan, Melanie (Editor ), Fernon, Christine (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2013.
Colección:ANU.Lives series in biography.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary pages; A Dictionary of Public Figures ; Foreword; Obligations and Debts in Writing the ADB; 1. 'Insufficiently Engineered': A Dictionary Designed to Stand the Test of Time?; Editors and their Eras; 2. Sir Keith Hancock: Laying the Foundations, 1959-1962; 3. 'Born to do this work': Douglas Pike ; 4. Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle: A Fine Partnership, 1973-1987; 5. John Ritchie: Consolidating a Tradition, 1987-2002; 6. The Di Langmore Era, and Going Online, Online, 2002-2008; National Collaboration; 7. Working Parties: Recollections of the South Australian Working Party.
  • The New South Wales Working PartyRecollections of the New South Wales Wor; The Queensland Working Party; 8. From the First Fleet to 'Underbelly': Writing for the ADB; 9. National Collaboration: The ADB Editorial Board and the Working Parties; 10. Assessing the ADB: A Review of the Reviews; Pasts and Futures; ADB Volumes; 11. Opportunities for National Biography Online: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2005-2012; 12. From Book to Digital Culture: Redesigning the ADB; Appendices; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Abbreviations; Index.