Article: Blainey, Geoffrey: A Short History of the Twentieth Century.(Book review)

Article: A shortish homage to Geoffrey Blainey.(A Shorter History ...
Quadrant;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... seventy-five, Geoffrey Blainey published three outstanding ... Short History of the Twentieth Century. I classify these ... accomplishing this, Blainey delivers "the pleasure ... valley far below. Blainey's vantage point gives ... explains in a preface to Twentieth Century, "so that ...

Article: BLAINEY, EUROPE AND THE WORLD.(Critical Essay)
Quadrant;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...THE PUBLICATION of Geoffrey Blainey's A Short History of the World is a welcome sign that in ... oriental despotism to modern capitalism and beyond. In the early twentieth century Max Weber undertook a survey of the world's religions to ...

Article: Stuart Macintyre and the Blainey affair.(History)
Quadrant;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the reputations of his predecessors. He has written a booklength study of the pioneer Australian historian of the early twentieth century, Ernest Scott. He accuses Scott of racism towards Aborigines and of endorsing imperialism by taking as his framework ...

Article: Fed: Blainey honoured in Australia day awards
AAP General News (Australia);  January 26, 2000 ;     557 words ... ... Australia) 01-26-2000 Fed: Blainey honoured in Australia day awards ... Jan 26 AAP - Historian Geoffrey Blainey, whose contentious views on immigration ... ones surprised at the honour - Prof Blainey himself got a bit of a shock ...

Article: FED: Blainey warns of dangers in lack of tax understanding
AAP General News (Australia);  July 9, 1999 ;     557 words ... ... News (Australia) 07-09-1999 FED: Blainey warns of dangers in lack of tax understanding ... according to noted historian Professor Geoffrey Blainey. Speaking in Brisbane this morning, Professor Blainey said many Australians struggled to understand ...

Article: Vic: Historian Geoffrey Blainey to receive honorary degree
AAP General News (Australia);  December 7, 2007 ;     389 words ... ... 12-07-2007 Vic: Historian Geoffrey Blainey to receive honorary degree MELBOURNE ... Australian historian Professor Geoffrey Blainey tomorrow will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Melbourne. Prof Blainey, who has attracted controversy for his ...

Article: A conversation with Geoffrey Blainey.(Interview)
Quadrant;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...GEOFFREY BLAINEY is considered by many to be Australia ... prolific writers) among historians. In 1984 Blainey raised doubts, during a speech to a district ... Australia. This created such a furore that Blainey eventually felt obliged to resign as Professor ...