Name: The Aborigines of Western Austrailia (en Inglés)
SKU: 58873574
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Author: Calvert, Albert F.
ISBN: 9781478399896

portada The Aborigines of Western Austrailia (en Inglés)

The Aborigines of Western Austrailia (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Albert F. Calvert

Editorial

Createspace

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2x0.4 cm

Peso

0.10 kg.

ISBN13

9781478399896

Categorías

Australasia
Historia de australasia y del pacífico

The Aborigines of Western Austrailia (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "The Aborigines of Western Austrailia (en Inglés)"

This short essay on the Aborigines of Western Australia is primarily useful as a historical document. Even at the time this was written there were few Aborigines remaining in this area, and so even scraps of information like this are important. The text is particularly revealing as to Victorian attitudes towards Aborigines. Every paragraph of this piece needs to be read with a careful eye for underlying racist assumptions. That said, the author was well intentioned. Calvert, who lists literally dozens of academic affiliations on the title page, does criticize his contemporaries for their treatment of Aborigines as subhumans. Throughout the essay he attempts to demonstrate that the native Australians have a complete cultural inventory. He notes that many of the Aboriginal beliefs and practices which seem strange to Europeans are not that different than some listed in the Bible. He ends with a plea for protection of the Aborigines. It bears pointing out this paternalistic attitude ironically led to policies which devastated aboriginal