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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The second of 2 volumes. This work covers the gold rushes to 2020. The work is well written and quite interesting and easily read. Blainey has a special skill in conveying to the reader the big picture trends that were behind Australia’s growth and rise over the period. The ability to see clearly the “forest” over the “trees” is impressive and Blainey doesn’t exhibit anything”fear it favour” in his assessment. The language used is measured and without hyperbole or rancour and sometimes allows the reader to draw their own conclusions - but I found the more traditional historical big picture assessment refreshing after reading so much revisionist histories and/or the micro analysis of niche episodes. Highly recommended and should be on all school curriculums ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In this book, Geoffrey Blainey continues his account of the history of this country from the early Gold Rush to the present day, completing the story of our nation and its people. When Europeans crossed the world to plant a new society in an unknown land, traditional life for Australia's first inhabitants changed forever. For the new arrivals, Australia was a land that rewarded, tricked, tantalised and often defeated. From the Gold Rush to Land Rights and the Digital Age, Blainey brings to life the key events of more recent times that have shaped us into the nation and people we are today. Compelling, groundbreaking and brilliantly readable, The Story of Australia's People Volume II is the second instalment of an ambitious two-part work, and the culmination of the lifework of Australia's most prolific and wide-ranging historian. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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