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Great Seesaw

New View of the Western World

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Geoffrey Blainey
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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Seesaw: A First View

    1. The Seesaw: A First View

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 1-7

  3. Part One

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Happy Isle

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 11-34

    3. The Best is Yet to Be

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 35-55

    4. A Pocket Watch for Progress

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 56-79

    5. Will the West Decline?

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 80-94

    6. Temple of The Wild

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 95-120

    7. Cold and White: The Role of Climate and Race

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 121-138

    8. The Great War and Other Half-Shocks

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 139-155

  4. Part Two

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. The Beckoning Moon

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 159-174

    3. The King is Dying: The Swing against technology

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 175-191

    4. Rise of the Counter-Culture

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 192-212

    5. The Return of The Noble Savage

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 213-225

    6. Voyage to the ‘Ocean of Misery’

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 226-241

    7. Oil Crisis: A Turning Point

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 242-263

  5. Part Three

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265
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    2. The Long Economic Waves

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 267-280

    3. The Magic of New-Found Lands

      • Geoffrey Blainey
      Pages 281-289
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About this book

An argument for the existence of a mental see saw which in the last 250 years has affected a wide range of human attitudes and activities. The author argues that the present economic crisis has close links with the seesaw, though the seesaw itself helps to explain events that seem unconnected.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Great Seesaw

  • Book Subtitle: New View of the Western World

  • Authors: Geoffrey Blainey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10086-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-10086-6Published: 18 June 1988

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 355

  • Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, Modern History

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