Australian race relations, 1788-1993 / Andrew Markus.

Examines the historical context of contemporary race relations; development of ideas on race in western culture; dispossession of Indigenous peoples; non-European immigrants in the nineteenth century; segregation in the workforce; the White Australia Policy; assimilation 1945 to 1965 of immigrants a...

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Main Author: Markus, Andrew.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1994.
Series:Australian experience.
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Summary:Examines the historical context of contemporary race relations; development of ideas on race in western culture; dispossession of Indigenous peoples; non-European immigrants in the nineteenth century; segregation in the workforce; the White Australia Policy; assimilation 1945 to 1965 of immigrants and Aboriginal peoples; policy directions and attitudes to racial discrimination from the mid-60's to the early 90's.
Physical Description:xvi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and index.
ISBN:1863735542
9781863735544