White Flour, White Power
Subtitle: From Rations to Citizenship in Central Australia
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780521523271
Subjects: Australasian & Pacific history: c 1750 to c 1900; Indigenous peoples; History - General History; History; History: World; Australia; Australia & New Zealand - General; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Australian aborigines--Australia--Central Aus; Australian aborigines--Australia--Central Australia--Government relations; History / Australia & Oceania; Social Science : Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes
First sentence: In his last book on Central Australia, Wanderings in Wild Australia, W. Baldwin Spencer made the following observations about Central Australian Aborigines' apparent lack of gratitude: It is certainly true that he is not in the habit of showing excessive gratitude on receiving gifts from the white man, but then neither does he think it necessary to express his gratitude when he receives gifts from members of his own tribe, nor does he expect an expression of gratitude when he gives anything away ...