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Geoffrey Blainey : writer, historian, controversialist / by Richard Allsop.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allsop, Richard, author.
- Series:
- Australian history (Monash University Publishing)
- Australian history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blainey, Geoffrey.
- Historians--Australia--Biography.
- Historians.
- Authors--Australia--Biography.
- Authors.
- Australia--History--20th century.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, [2020]
- Summary:
- Geoffrey Blainey is often described as Australia's greatest livinghistorian, a writer whose prolific output includes such iconic books about thecountry's past as The Tyranny of Distance and Triumph of the Nomads.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- About this book
- Copyright and Imprint Information
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Early Influences
- Chapter 2: Freelance Historian
- Chapter 3: Academic Historian
- Chapter 4: Broadening Horizons
- Chapter 5: Progressive Historian
- Chapter 6: National Figure
- Chapter 7: The Immigration Controversy
- Chapter 8: Freelance Again
- Chapter 9: The Controversialist
- Chapter 10: Australian Historian
- Chapter 11: World Historian
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781925835632
- 1925835634
- 9781925835649
- 1925835642
- OCLC:
- 1443085154
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