| Description |
xi, 221 pages ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Blainey and the Australian historical profession / Stuart Macintyre -- Half a determinist : Blainey and the mechanics of history / Graeme Davison -- The tyranny of distance revisited / Goeffrey Bolton -- Triumph of the colonists / Tim Rowse -- Light green, dark green / Tom Griffiths -- A man's world? / Joanne Scott -- The Steven Segal factor : the corporate histories / Bridget Griffen-Foley -- White ghost of empire / Deborah Gare -- The politics of race / Andrew Markus -- From the frontier to the Gulf / Ian Hodges -- Sport matters / Tom Stannage with David Major -- My lord the workingman? / Charlie Fox -- The media game / Morag Fraser -- The Melbourne School of History : memories and reflections / Hugh Stretton, John Mulvaney, John Poynter and Ken Inglis |
| Summary |
In this volume a lively and distinguished assembly of fellow historians take a fresh look at Blainey's distinguished career. They examine his views on Aboriginality, ethnicity, environmentalism, gender, empire, immigration, technology, corporate history, labour, war, sport and media - the sheer range speaks for itself |
| Analysis |
Blainey, Geoffrey |
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Historiography |
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Biography |
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Bibliographies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography pages 194-216 and index |
| Subject |
Blainey, Geoffrey, 1930-
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Blainey, Geoffrey, 1930- author
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Blainey, Geoffrey, 1930- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Blainey, Geoffrey.
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Historians -- Australia -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Gare, Deborah.
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| LC no. |
2004353510 |
| ISBN |
0522850340 : |
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