Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture
Pascoe, Bruce, 1947-2018
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Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history, and that a new look at Australia's past is required.
Main title:
Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture / Bruce Pascoe.
Author:
Pascoe, Bruce, 1947-, author
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Previous edition published in 2014.Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
Contents:
1. Agriculture2. Aquaculture3. Population and housing4. Storage and preservation5. Fire6. The heavens, language, and the law7. An Australian agricultural revolution8. Accepting history and creating the future.
ISBN:
9781921248016 (paperback)
Dewey class:
305.89915338.76
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
516882