the road to Australia memoirs

Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographs. this is the autobiography of a Russian ethnographer whose lifetime passion has been the study of Australia's Aboriginal people. Continually deny permission to travel abroad, "for over 30 years, I dreamt of seeing Australia with my own eyes", he was at last given the opportunity to come to Australia and a passport with the event of perestroika. The book has an afterword by archaeologist Rhys Jones which provides an appreciation of Vladimir's scholarly work within the context of Soviet anthropological theory and Australian Aboriginal ethnography. Vladimir has written his name and Canberra 1998 on the title page. slight rubbing of the right-hand side of the illustrated front cover; no other damage to detail. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 328 pages, includes a bibliography & notes & list of main works by the author & index.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Aboriginal; Australia; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0855753129. ISBN/EAN: 9780855753122. Inventory No: 0255638. . 9780855753122