{"product_id":"2026200016196-secondhand-triumph-of-the-nomads-a-history-of-ancient-australia","title":"Triumph Of The Nomads: A History Of Ancient Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before European sails appeared on the horizon, Australia was home to one of the world's most enduring and sophisticated civilisations — and Triumph of the Nomads presents their extraordinary story with authority and revelatory force. Geoffrey Blainey chronicles the lives of Australia's Aboriginal peoples across tens of thousands of years, dismantling the colonial myth of a primitive society and revealing instead a people who had mastered their vast, unforgiving continent through ingenuity, adaptability, and profound ecological knowledge. From the ice ages that reshaped the landscape to the intricate trade routes and spiritual systems that bound communities together, Blainey reconstructs a richly textured world that flourished long before written records began.\n\nWidely regarded as a landmark work in Australian historiography, this revised edition reaffirms Blainey's reputation as one of the nation's most compelling and rigorous popular historians. His prose is clear-eyed and authoritative, weaving archaeology, anthropology, and environmental history into a seamless narrative that challenges readers to reconsider everything they thought they knew about pre-colonial Australia. Triumph of the Nomads is not merely a history book — it is an act of intellectual restitution that asks a provocative question: what does it truly mean to triumph?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342773690587,"sku":"2026200016196-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7f152ae2-5392-4afb-a670-b474090a3a49.png?v=1790049078","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016196-secondhand-triumph-of-the-nomads-a-history-of-ancient-australia","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}