"In the 1930s, a series of crises transformed relationships between settlers and Aboriginal people in Australia's Northern Territory. This book examines archives and texts of colonial administration to study the emergence of ideas and practices of indirect rule in this unlikely …
The emergence of anthropology in Britain coincided with the publication of Darwin's book on the origin of species. In the context of inescapable questions about the natural history of our own species, Australian Aborigines were assigned the role of exemplars par excellence of be…
"Classical Aboriginal societies in Australia have commonly been described in terms of social organisation and local organisation. This book presents rich detail on a third and related domain that has not been given the same kind of attention: linguistic organisation. Basing the…
Explores the social conditions and treatment of Aboriginal Australians.
Sven Lindqvist is one of our most original writers on race, colonialism, and genocide, and his signature approach?uniting travelogues with powerful acts of historical excavation?renders his books devastating and unforgettable. Now, for the first time, Lindqvist's most beloved wo…
