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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Veronica StrangPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Berg Publishers Volume: v. 38 Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.600kg ISBN: 9781859739518ISBN 10: 1859739512 Pages: 324 Publication Date: 01 August 1997 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart 1: Landscapes of the Past 1 Strangers from the Sea: The Invasion of the Peninsula 2 Voyages of Discovery: The Colonisation of the Peninsula 3 A Present from the Past Part II: Cultural Landscapes 4 Living on the Land: Aboriginal Culture, Economics and Land Use 5 Living off the Land: Taking Stock of the Cattle Industry 6 Social Space and Social Place: Socio-Spatial Part III: Learning Environmental Values 7 Learning Values: Education in the Gulf Country 8 In the Eye of the Beholder: Readings of the Country 9 Mapping the Country: Representations of the Landscape 10 Antipodean Worlds: Cosmology, Law and Environmental ValuesReviews'I find her timely study very important grounding work in analysing and understanding relationships to land.'Canberra Anthropology'An absorbing account of the ways in which Aboriginal people and White pastoralists living in the lowlands east of northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria symbolically construct their surroundings... A solid, informative, and creative ethnography. The language is clear and accessible, and Strang excels at making detail engrossing rather than burdensome. Because of its subjects and its many good qualities this is a book that should interest a wide audience.'American Anthropologist 'I find her timely study very important grounding work in analysing and understanding relationships to land.' Canberra Anthropology 'An absorbing account of the ways in which Aboriginal people and White pastoralists living in the lowlands east of northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria symbolically construct their surroundings... A solid, informative, and creative ethnography. The language is clear and accessible, and Strang excels at making detail engrossing rather than burdensome. Because of its subjects and its many good qualities this is a book that should interest a wide audience.' American Anthropologist 'I find her timely study very important grounding work in analysing and understanding relationships to land.' Canberra Anthropology 'An absorbing account of the ways in which Aboriginal people and White pastoralists living in the lowlands east of northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria symbolically construct their surroundings... A solid, informative, and creative ethnography. The language is clear and accessible, and Strang excels at making detail engrossing rather than burdensome. Because of its subjects and its many good qualities this is a book that should interest a wide audience.' American Anthropologist Author InformationVeronica Strang is Professor of Social Anthropology, The University of Auckland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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