The colonial practice of rationing goods to Aboriginal people has been neglected in the study of Australian frontiers. This book argues that much of the colonial experience in Central Australia can be understood by seeing rationing as a fundamental, though flexible, instrument of colonial government...

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Main Author:	Rowse, Tim 1951- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1998
Subjects:	Geschichte 1890-1980 Aborigines Aboriginal Australians / Australia / Central Australia / Government relations Rationing / Australia / Central Australia Aboriginal Australians / Cultural assimilation / Australia / Central Australia Lebensmittel Mengenrationierung Kolonialismus Australien Zentralaustralien
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	The colonial practice of rationing goods to Aboriginal people has been neglected in the study of Australian frontiers. This book argues 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 post-war program of 'assimilation'. Combining history and anthropology in a cultural study of rationing, this book develops a new narrative of the colonisation of Central Australia. Two arguments underpin this story: that the colonists were puzzled by the motives of the Indigenous recipients; and that they were highly inventive in the meanings and moral foundations they ascribed to the rationing relationship. This study goes to the heart of contemporary reflections on the nature of Indigenous 'citizenship'
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages)
ISBN:	9780511518287
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511518287