Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal People and the Australian Nation Tapa blanda - 2011

Paperback / softback. New.

Aboriginal Studies Press, 2011. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 150mm x 230mm. Light wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 288pp McGregor offers a holistic interpretation of the complex relationship between Indigenous and settler Australians during the middle four decades of the twentieth century. Combining the perspectives of political, social and cultural history in a coherent narrative, he provides a cogent analysis of how the relationship changed, and the impediments to change. McGregor's focus is on the quest for Aboriginal inclusion in the Australia nation; a task which dominated the Aboriginal agenda at the time. McGregor challenges existing scholarship and assumptions, particularly around assimilation. In doing so he provides an understanding of why assimilation once held the approval of many reformers, including Indigenous activists. He reveals that the inclusion of Aboriginal people in the Australian nation was not a function of political lobbying and… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.