A Land Half Won
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the vast and untamed landscape of colonial Australia, Geoffrey Blainey's A Land Half Won presents a sweeping and authoritative chronicle of a nation in the making — a continent grappling with the collision of two worlds, the ancient and the modern. With meticulous precision, Blainey details the tumultuous story of Australia's European settlement from 1788 through to the mid-nineteenth century, charting the ambitions, struggles, and contradictions of a society attempting to impose itself upon an ancient land. The narrative weaves together the lives of settlers, convicts, Indigenous Australians, and explorers, illuminating the immense human cost and remarkable resilience that defined this era. Blainey writes with the authority of one of Australia's most distinguished historians, employing a clear, vigorous prose style that transforms complex social, economic, and environmental forces into a compelling human story. A Land Half Won argues that the European conquest of Australia was far from inevitable — shaped at every turn by geography, disease, chance, and the profound resistance of the land itself. This landmark work stands as an essential pillar of Australian historiography, raising searching questions about identity, belonging, and what it truly means to possess a country that, in so many ways, remains half-won still.
Author: Geoffrey Blainey
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the vast and untamed landscape of colonial Australia, Geoffrey Blainey's A Land Half Won presents a sweeping and authoritative chronicle of a nation in the making — a continent grappling with the collision of two worlds, the ancient and the modern. With meticulous precision, Blainey details the tumultuous story of Australia's European settlement from 1788 through to the mid-nineteenth century, charting the ambitions, struggles, and contradictions of a society attempting to impose itself upon an ancient land. The narrative weaves together the lives of settlers, convicts, Indigenous Australians, and explorers, illuminating the immense human cost and remarkable resilience that defined this era. Blainey writes with the authority of one of Australia's most distinguished historians, employing a clear, vigorous prose style that transforms complex social, economic, and environmental forces into a compelling human story. A Land Half Won argues that the European conquest of Australia was far from inevitable — shaped at every turn by geography, disease, chance, and the profound resistance of the land itself. This landmark work stands as an essential pillar of Australian historiography, raising searching questions about identity, belonging, and what it truly means to possess a country that, in so many ways, remains half-won still.