THE MAKING OF THE ABORIGINES by Bain Attwood ( 9780043701850 )

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Title:

THE MAKING OF THE ABORIGINES

By:

Bain Attwood

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004370185X

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9780043701850

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Publisher:

ALLEN & UNWIN

Pub. date:

1 August, 1989

Pages:

196

Description:

A study dealing with the period after "The Killing Times". It examines the cultural forms of domination, supported by force, which enabled European colonizers to make "Aborigines". However, it also argues that the Aborigines were not passive victims.

Synopsis:

This study deals with the period after "The Killing Times". It examines the cultural forms of domination, supported by force, which enabled European colonizers to make "Aborigines". But Aborigines were not merely passive victims: out of the exchange came a transformed consciousness for the dispossessed, shaped by European culture and their own. The book is aimed at students in the politics of development, politics, and anthropology.

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Australia

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Allen & Unwin

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