The Fuss That Never Ended: The Life and Work of Geoffrey Blainey Edited by Deborah Gare et al

The Fuss That Never Ended: The Life and Work of Geoffrey Blainey Edited by Deborah Gare et al

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780522850345
Author: Deborah Gare (editor)
Additional Authors: Geoffrey Bolton (editor)
More Authors: Stuart Macintrye (editor)
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2003
Format: Paperback
Pages: 221 pages

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still very good.

Geoffrey Blainey has steered Australian history into the nation's conversation. No one would dispute that he is a courageous public intellectual, a writer of rare grace and a master storyteller. And he has indeed provoked a rare fuss, both public and professional, with some of his comments on Asian immigration and Aboriginal land rights.

Blainey has challenged the academic history profession not only with his ideas but also with his practice. A brilliant student, he looked set for Oxford but chose the austere west coast of Tasmania for his postgraduate research instead. For the next decade, he earned a living with his pen. Instead of political history in the traditional academic mould, he wrote corporate histories that were dispensed with footnotes.

Always probing and speculative, Blainey has dislodged many of the keystones in our understanding of Australia's past. He was one of the first to write about the expansive social history of this land before 1788; he questioned whether Botany Bay was founded primarily as a convict colony; he argued that the Eureka uprising had economic rather than political causes; and he identified sport as a neglected key to the Australian character.

His controversial views earned such newspaper headlines as 'Brave Man Set Upon by Thugs for Telling Truth'. In The Fuss That Never Ended, a lively and distinguished assembly of fellow historians of various ages, interests and political stances take a fresh look at Blainey's remarkable and sometimes controversial career. (back cover)

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