Aboriginal Australians: A History Since 1788

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2010. Fourth Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Third impression . Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 400 pages. Text contains marks and notes scattered throughout, in pencil. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. A powerful history of black and white encounters in Australia since colonization, this fully updated edition remains the only concise survey of Aboriginal history since 1788. In the creation of any new society, there are winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew from a colonial outpost to an affluent society. Richard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the early colonial struggle for power. Surveying two centuries of Aboriginal-European encounters, he shows how white settlers steadily supplanted the original inhabitants, from the shining coasts to inland deserts, by sheer force of numbers, disease, technology, and violence. He also tells the story of Aboriginal survival through resistance and accommodation, and traces the continuing Aboriginal struggle to move from the margins of a settler society to a more central place in modern Australia. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Australian History; Australia; History. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781742370514. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9893. . 9781742370514