Bruce Pascoe

Dark Emu

Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Trade paperback. The pre-settler agricultural practices of Aboriginal people across the Australian landmass are explored by prominent Aboriginal writer Bruce Pascoe, arguing that the myth of indigenous Australians as strictly hunter-gatherers was a ploy to justify dispossession.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribe Publications
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 136mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 288g
• ISBN-13: 9781911344780
• ISBN-10: 1911344781
• Artikelnr.: 50875356

Autorenporträt

Bruce Pascoe lives in Australia and has a Bunurong, Tasmanian, and Yuin heritage. Dark Emu won both the Book of the Year Award and the Indigenous Writer's Prize in the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. Bruce is currently working on two films for ABC TV and a novel.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Agriculture
2. Aquaculture
3. Population and Housing
4. Storage and Preservation
5. Fire
6. The Heavens, Language, and the Law
7. An Australian Agricultural Revolution
8. Accepting History and Creating the Future
Acknowledgements
Picture credits
Bibliography
Notes
Index