| White Flour, White Power Contributor(s): Rowse, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521624576 ISBN-13: 9780521624572 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $144.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: This book focuses on the colonial practice of rationing goods to Aboriginal people, arguing that much of the colonial experience in Central Australia can be understood by seeing rationing as a fundamental, though flexible, instrument of colonial government. Rationing was the material basis for a variety of colonial ventures: scientific, evangelical, pastoral and the postwar program of "assimilation." Combining history and anthropology in a cultural study of rationing, this book develops a new narrative of the colonization of Central Australia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 306.089 |
| LCCN: 97051616 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern - Cultural Region - Australian - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |