Aboriginal Australians: A History Since 1788 4th Edition, Kindle Edition

by Richard Broome (Author)

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ISBN-10: 9781741765540

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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. Since its first edition in 1982, Broome's Aboriginal Australians has won acclaim as a classic account of race relations in Australia. This fully rewritten fourth edition continues the story, covering the uneven implementation of native title, the plight of remote Aboriginal communities, the "Intervention," and the landmark apology to the "stolen generations" by Federal Parliament.

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File Size: 7159 KB
Print Length: 410 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1742370519
Publisher: Allen & Unwin; 4 edition (May 1, 2010)
Publication Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1741765544
ISBN-13: 978-1741765540
ASIN: B005IQBYI8
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Maureen Chen

Fair appraisal

July 10, 2016

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Without being an expert, the book appeared to be a fair appraisal of a complex situation. However, With only about 2% of the population being indigenous it is quite incredulous that the Australian government and its people cannot find it in their hearts to restore the dignity of a great race.

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sweetreads

Informative and Easy to Read

January 15, 2013

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This book does a good job of covering a very complex topic from a perspective often not taken. I found it to be well balanced, giving credit and culpability in equally conservative degrees. If you are looking into the subject of Christianity and its encounter with Aboriginal Australia this is a great resource. I used it along with many others to write a large research paper, and this was one of my favorites to both read and quote.

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K. Wayne Heil

Important Information but Repetitive

February 5, 2016

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This book is interesting but a bit tedious. It goes into great detail which at first is interesting but the subject matter is very repetitive causing my interest to lessen to the point where I began skimming rather than reading. The Aborigines were treated horribly as were the slaves in the United States. Basically this statement is repeated in many variations over and over.

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April 2, 2018

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Good book...

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RamaCa

THE TRUTH - ABORIGNAL HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA SINCE INVASION BY BRITISH.

August 9, 2014

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This book has given me an insight to the atrocities that Aborignal people lived through in the early days of "our" colony. The British treated them in such a way that has affected them right up until this day and age. I am grateful that Richard Broome has written such an honest book.

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Carol

Was a better and historical version of Australia than the ones I ...

July 26, 2014

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Was a better and historical version of Australia than the ones I had read. Gave me a clearer picture of the Aboriginies of Australia.

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February 16, 2015

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I bought this book before going to Australia. The Aboriginal Australians are incredibly interesting: 500,000 people living on the narrow strip of land around the seacoast and no warfare. Broome's work is rather tedious and dry at times, but he is a meticulous researcher so you won't get a bunch of rumors and legends. Not an easy read, but an informative one.

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June 16, 2016

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Excellent historical background to Australia's founding. I actually used this book extensively in a University assignment covering Indigenous interaction with the Australian Criminal Justice System. Would recommend it to any researcher.

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