The Tyranny Of Distance
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
A landmark work in Australian historiography, The Tyranny of Distance argues that Australia's geographic isolation from the rest of the world has been the single most defining force in shaping the nation's history, economy, and society. Geoffrey Blainey presents a compelling examination of how vast distances — both within the continent and between Australia and the major powers of Europe and America — determined patterns of settlement, trade, and national identity from the earliest days of European colonisation. With scholarly rigour and vivid narrative authority, the work details how isolation once threatened to strangle the young colony, yet paradoxically also forged a distinctly resilient and self-reliant Australian character. Winner of the 1967 C. Weickhardt Award for Australian Literature, this essential text remains one of the most influential and widely read works ever written about the Australian continent.
Author: Geoffrey Blainey
Format: Paperback
Published: 1966, Sun Books
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
A landmark work in Australian historiography, The Tyranny of Distance argues that Australia's geographic isolation from the rest of the world has been the single most defining force in shaping the nation's history, economy, and society. Geoffrey Blainey presents a compelling examination of how vast distances — both within the continent and between Australia and the major powers of Europe and America — determined patterns of settlement, trade, and national identity from the earliest days of European colonisation. With scholarly rigour and vivid narrative authority, the work details how isolation once threatened to strangle the young colony, yet paradoxically also forged a distinctly resilient and self-reliant Australian character. Winner of the 1967 C. Weickhardt Award for Australian Literature, this essential text remains one of the most influential and widely read works ever written about the Australian continent.