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Melbourne; Hyland House; 1997. hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition, owner's name on front endpaper. 554 pages, b/w photos
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' My Dear Spencer The Letters of F.J. Gillen to Baldwin Spencer Hardcover - 1997
by F.J. Gillen; John Mulvaney; Morphy, Howard.; Petch, Alison
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- Title ' My Dear Spencer The Letters of F.J. Gillen to Baldwin Spencer
- Author F.J. Gillen; John Mulvaney; Morphy, Howard.; Petch, Alison
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Hyland House Publishing Pty Ltd, Melbourne
- Date September 1, 1997
- ISBN 9781864470215
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My Dear Spencer: The Letters of F.J. Gillen to Baldwin Spencer
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My Dear Spencer: The Letters of F.J. Gillen to Baldwin Spencer
by Gillen, Frank; John Mulvaney, Howard Morphy & Alison Petch (editors)
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Melbourne, Australia: Hyland House, 1997. This collection of letters sheds light on race, social conditions, and Aboriginal culture in central Australia and documents a crucial period in the history of anthropology; Gillen, the Station Master and Special Magistrate in Alice Springs, met Baldwin Spencer, Professor of Biology at the University of Melbourne, during the 1894 Horn Expedition to Central Australia; Gillen and Spencer collaborated on fieldwork to document the culture and beliefs of the Aboriginal people and published two classic works, The Native Tribes of Australia and The Northern Tribes of Central Australia, which influenced theories on the development of human society; introductory chapters place Gillen and Spencer in their historical and intellectual context; includes photographs (red cloth with gold lettering on spine, one corner slightly worn; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent…
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