White Flour, White Power: From Rations to Citizenship in Central Australia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521523271)

This book focuses on the colonial practice of rationing goods to Aboriginal people, arguing that much of the colonial experience in Central Australia can be understood by seeing rationing as a fundamental, though flexible, instrument of colonial government. Rationing was the material basis for a variety of colonial ventures: scientific, evangelical, pastoral and the postwar program of "assimilation." Combining history and anthropology in a cultural study of rationing, this book develops a new narrative of the colonization of Central Australia.

Author: Tim Rowse
ISBN-10: 0521523273
ISBN-13: 9780521523271
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/11/2002
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.34w x 0.65d