For Their Own Good: Aborigines and Government in the Southwest of Western Australia, 1900-40
by Haebich, Anna
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0855642807
- ISBN 13
- 9780855642808
- Seller
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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
University of Western Australia Press, 1988. Book. Good. Pictorial Hardcover. 1st Edition. 140mm x 215mm. Boards have light general wear. Sunning to spine. Minor eraser rubbing to top corner of ffep, otherwise internally clean. Binding good. 413pp Note that this is the hard cover edition. This book is a powerful and moving history of Aboriginal people in the south west of Western Australia covering a time when they experienced profound changes in their way of life and status in the community. Their independent life in the bush, on stations and on their own small farms was progressively eroded by discriminatory laws, bureaucratic interference and overt racism. The Aborigines' dignity and strength as they battled to maintain their independence and pride offer lessons for all people..
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- Bookseller
- Lectioz Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028064
- Title
- For Their Own Good: Aborigines and Government in the Southwest of Western Australia, 1900-40
- Author
- Haebich, Anna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0855642807
- ISBN 13
- 9780855642808
- Publisher
- University of Western Australia Press
- Place of Publication
- Nedlands
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 140mm x 215mm
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....