Author

Publication

1998 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, England

Language

English

Word Count

63,750 words, Guess

Page Count

255 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing276158
  • Goodreads5329336

Classifications

  • DDC306/.089/99150942
  • LCCGN667.C46 R68 1998

Description

"The colonial practice of rationing goods to Aboriginal people has been neglected in the study of Australian frontiers. This book argues 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 post-war program of 'assimilation'. Combining history and anthropology in a cultural study of rationing, this book develops a new narrative of the colonisation of Central Australia."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

RationingGovernment relationsCultural assimilationAustralian aboriginesAboriginal AustraliansRationing -- Australia -- Central Australia.Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Government relations.

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