Black pioneers
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0140298207
ISBN 13
9780140298208
LCCN
GN 666 .R493
DDC
994
Category
Australia and New Zealand
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Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Pages
354 pages
Subject
Australia
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Abstract
Black Pioneers is an important new edition of With the White Poeple, henry Reynolds' challengin account of the role of Aboriginal and Islander people in the exploration and development of colonial Australia. In this book, Reynolds debunks the notion that indigenous peoples have contributed nothing towards the creation of a prosperous modern society, that modern Australia rests on the sturdy foundations put down in the nineteenth century by the European pioneers. Black Pioneers pays tribute to the labour and skill of the thousands of black men, women and children who worked for the Europeans in a wide range of occupations: as interpreters, concubines, trackers, troopers, servants, nursemaids, labourers, stockworkers, and pearl-divers. Some of their intriguing stories are here revealed.
Description
Content:
Introduction -- Introduction to First Edition -- 1. Conquering the Interior -- 2. Black Pioneers -- 3. Black Troopers -- 4. Living with the White People -- 5. Fringe Dwellers -- 6. Amalgamation of Segregation? -- Conclusion.
Introduction -- Introduction to First Edition -- 1. Conquering the Interior -- 2. Black Pioneers -- 3. Black Troopers -- 4. Living with the White People -- 5. Fringe Dwellers -- 6. Amalgamation of Segregation? -- Conclusion.
Biblio Notes
Previous ed. published as: With the white people.
Title on cover: Black pioneers : how Aboriginal and Islander people helped build Australia
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-341) and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
Title on cover: Black pioneers : how Aboriginal and Islander people helped build Australia
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-341) and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
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