| The Fuss That Never Ended: The Life and Work of Geoffrey Blainey Contributor(s): Gare, Deborah (Author), Bolton, Geoffrey (Author), MacIntyre, Stuart (Author) |
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ISBN: 0522850340 ISBN-13: 9780522850345 Publisher: Melbourne University OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1999 Annotation: Geoffrey Blainey is one of Australia's best-known historians. This book gathers a group of fellow historians of various ages, interests, and political stances to comment on Blainey's career and work. They examine his views on aboriginality, ethnicity, environmentalism, gender, empire, immigration, technology, corporate history, labor, war, sport, and media, revealing a graceful and provocative storyteller. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - History | Historiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004353510 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.54" W x 8.5" (0.73 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Takes a look at the career of Geoffrey Blainey. As a historian, he is a maverick - respected for his originality and prodigious productivity, but sometimes dismissed as a blinkered populist. He has steered Australian history into the nation's conversation. |