Imagined destinies : Aboriginal Australians and the doomed race theory, 1880-1939 / Russell McGregor
- Bib ID:
- 3034526
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McGregor, Russell, 1955-
- Description:
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- Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1997
- xiii, 313 p. : [12] p. of plates ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0522847625
- Summary:
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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. 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.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 288-306.
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