Repopulating the Industrial Landscape: Giving Former Employees a Voice in History.
This paper examines the concept of putting history “under the power of the public”. It discusses the role played by former employees in researching and publishing the histories of two former large industrial history/heritage sites in Perth, Western Australia. The projects originated not in academia...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Australian Studies Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 207 - 222 |
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