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Taking Liberty: Indigenous Rights and Settler Self-Government in Colonial Australia, 1830–1890 - Critical Perspectives on Empire
Curthoys, Ann (Australian National University, Canberra)
Taking Liberty: Indigenous Rights and Settler Self-Government in Colonial Australia, 1830–1890 - Critical Perspectives on Empire
Curthoys, Ann (Australian National University, Canberra)
At last a history of how indigenous dispossession and survival underlay and shaped the birth of Australian democracy. Set within the broader context of colonial politics, it shows how Britain's policies influenced the treatment of indigenous Australians and how indigenous people began to engage in their own ways with the new political institutions.
446 pages, 2 Maps
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 7, 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9781107446847 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 446 |
Dimensions | 229 × 151 × 2 mm · 652 g |