The world from down under : a chat with recent history / George Negus.
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TextPublication details: Sydney : HarperCollins, 2012, c2010Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 522 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., ports. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780732287375 (pbk.)Subject(s): Negus, George | History, Modern -- 21st century | World politics -- 21st century | Australia -- Politics and government -- 21st century | Australia -- Foreign relations -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 909.83 Summary: SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL STUDIES. George Negus is one of Australia's most respected journalists. He has traversed the world, meeting and interviewing politicians, philosophers, peace-brokers, philanthropists, presidents, princes and pundits. From Al Gore and Bob Geldof to Mikhail Gorbachev and Colonel Gaddafi, from the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu to Naomi Wolf, Richard Branson and Cherie and Tony Blair, the list of Negus interviewees is as varied as it is extraordinary. In THE WORLD FROM DOWN UNDER George draws on his travels and his extensive journalistic experience to take on climate change, poverty, war, indigenous affairs, 9/11, the global financial crisis, China, race, religion, the role of women, and lighter stuff. Locking horns with the world's movers and shakers, he looks affectionately, if a bit sceptically, at how the land Down Under, its politics, its people and its culture fits, or doesn't fit, into the wider global scheme of things.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 909.83 NEG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111048383549 |
Previously published: 2010.
SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL STUDIES. George Negus is one of Australia's most respected journalists. He has traversed the world, meeting and interviewing politicians, philosophers, peace-brokers, philanthropists, presidents, princes and pundits. From Al Gore and Bob Geldof to Mikhail Gorbachev and Colonel Gaddafi, from the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu to Naomi Wolf, Richard Branson and Cherie and Tony Blair, the list of Negus interviewees is as varied as it is extraordinary. In THE WORLD FROM DOWN UNDER George draws on his travels and his extensive journalistic experience to take on climate change, poverty, war, indigenous affairs, 9/11, the global financial crisis, China, race, religion, the role of women, and lighter stuff. Locking horns with the world's movers and shakers, he looks affectionately, if a bit sceptically, at how the land Down Under, its politics, its people and its culture fits, or doesn't fit, into the wider global scheme of things.
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