Imagined Destinies - Aboriginal Australians and the Doomed Race Theory, 1880-1939 (Paperback, illustrated edition)

White Australians once confidently-if regretfully-believed that the Aboriginal people were doomed to extinction. Even in the 1950s, Australian children were still being taught that the Australian Aboriginals were a dying race who would eventually disappear from the face of the earth. In Imagined Destinies, Russell McGregor explores the origins and the gradual demise of the 'doomed race' theory, which was unquestioned in nineteenth-century European thinking and remained uncontested until the 1930s. White perceptions of Australia s indigenous people and their future had been shaped by Enlightenment ideas about progress, Darwin s new theories on the survival of the fittest, and other European philosophical concepts. Imagined Destinies provides a challenging analysis and history of an idea which has exerted a powerful influence over white Australian attitudes to, and policies for, Aboriginal people. Indeed, its long shadow may still be with us.

General

Imprint:	Melbourne University Press
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	August 1993
Authors:	Russell McGregor
Dimensions:	216 x 142 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	340
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-522-84762-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-522-84762-5
Barcode:	9780522847628

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