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Aboriginal Autonomy: Issues and Strategies (Diane Smith, ed.)
by Coombs, H.C
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0521446376
- ISBN 13
- 9780521446372
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Cambridge/New York/Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi 251pages, indexed. The book is in excellent condition : clean, unmarked and solid. After more than two hundred years, one of the most important moral issues facing Australian society in the 1990s remains the need for reconciliation with its indigenous people. In this selection of essays, H. C. Coombs reflects on the nature of Aboriginal identity and the importance of autonomy for Australia's Aboriginal people. He also suggests strategies by which self-determination might be achieved in practice. Many of the chapters have been written especially for this volume - including one in which Dr Coombs makes a thoughtful and provocative contribution to the Mabo debate, linking the High Court's historic 1992 decision on native title to prospects for Aboriginal autonomy. Dr Coombs writes with the conviction that 'mainstream' Australia stands to gain as much, if not more, than Aboriginal people from the fulfilment of Aboriginal aspirations. It is a personal and passionate plea for a just society, from one of white Australia's most influential and eloquent advocates of self-determination for its indigenous people. 'Nugget' Coombs is probably the most distinguished Australian alive Book is the collection of years of important work with and about Aboriginal people, with much new, unpublished material Timely, important, readable" (The Publisher)
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- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020785
- Title
- Aboriginal Autonomy: Issues and Strategies (Diane Smith, ed.)
- Author
- Coombs, H.C
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0521446376
- ISBN 13
- 9780521446372
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge/New York/Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Aboriginal Land Rights Australia First Nation Nugget Coombs H.C. Coombs
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