| White Flour, White Power: From Rations to Citizenship in Central Australia Contributor(s): Rowse, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521523273 ISBN-13: 9780521523271 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $54.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 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: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | Australia & New Zealand - General |
| Dewey: 306.089 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.34" W x 9.26" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - Modern - Cultural Region - Oceania |