A Vision Of Australian History (Three-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: revised editions.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
The three volumes are The Tyranny of Distance (1982, rev ed), Triumph of the Nomads (1982, rev ed), and A Land Half Won (1982, rev ed), all by Geoffrey Blainey — Australia's most celebrated historian. Together they form an unofficial trilogy covering the full sweep of Australian history from its ancient origins to European settlement and beyond. In Triumph of the Nomads, Blainey makes the case that Australia's Aboriginal peoples were not hapless primitives trapped in a hostile environment, but the triumphant masters of their continent, having thrived there for at least 35,000 years before Europeans arrived. In The Tyranny of Distance — an Australian classic continuously in print since 1967 — Blainey argues that distance and isolation have been central to Australia's history and in shaping its national identity. The book ranges broadly across mining, international trade, and the rise of the railway, filtered through Blainey's thesis that the continent's isolation from its Western allies, combined with its sheer size, played crucial roles in forming the country's industries and its people's mindset. A Land Half Won then examines the colonial era and the slow, difficult process of European settlement across the continent. Together, the three books offer a panoramic and authoritative vision of Australia from its deep prehistoric past to the modern era
Author: Geoffrey Blainey
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, MacMillan Melbourne
Edition: revised editions.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
The three volumes are The Tyranny of Distance (1982, rev ed), Triumph of the Nomads (1982, rev ed), and A Land Half Won (1982, rev ed), all by Geoffrey Blainey — Australia's most celebrated historian. Together they form an unofficial trilogy covering the full sweep of Australian history from its ancient origins to European settlement and beyond. In Triumph of the Nomads, Blainey makes the case that Australia's Aboriginal peoples were not hapless primitives trapped in a hostile environment, but the triumphant masters of their continent, having thrived there for at least 35,000 years before Europeans arrived. In The Tyranny of Distance — an Australian classic continuously in print since 1967 — Blainey argues that distance and isolation have been central to Australia's history and in shaping its national identity. The book ranges broadly across mining, international trade, and the rise of the railway, filtered through Blainey's thesis that the continent's isolation from its Western allies, combined with its sheer size, played crucial roles in forming the country's industries and its people's mindset. A Land Half Won then examines the colonial era and the slow, difficult process of European settlement across the continent. Together, the three books offer a panoramic and authoritative vision of Australia from its deep prehistoric past to the modern era