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Dancing With Strangers - The True History of the Meeting of the British First Fleet and the Aboriginal Australians, 1788 (Paperback, Main) Loot Price: R425
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Dancing With Strangers - The True History of the Meeting of the British First Fleet and the Aboriginal Australians, 1788 (Paperback, Main)

Inga Clendinnen

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In January of 1788 the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales and a thousand British men and women encountered the people who will be their new neighbours; the beach nomads of Australia. "These people mixed with ours," wrote a British observer soon after the landfall, "and all hands danced together." What followed would determine relations between the peoples for the next two hundred years. Drawing skilfully on first-hand accounts and historical records, Inga Clendinnen reconstructs the complex dance of curiosity, attraction and mistrust performed by the protagonists of either side. She brings this key chapter in British colonial history brilliantly alive. Then we discover why the dancing stopped . . .

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Imprint: Canongate Books Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2006
Authors: Inga Clendinnen
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 352
Edition: Main
ISBN-13: 978-1-84195-699-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence
Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 1-84195-699-6
Barcode: 9781841956992

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