| ISBN |
0522847625 |
| Author |
McGregor, Russell, 1955- (author) |
| Title |
Imagined destinies : Aboriginal Australians and the doomed race theory, 1880-1939 / Russell McGregor. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1997. |
| Description |
xiii, 313 pages : [12] pages of plates ; 22 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The Eclipse of Antipodean Enlightenment -- 1. The Creation and Annihilation of Primitive Man -- 2. Protection and Preservation -- 3. Anthropology Renovated, Optimism Revived and Problems Renewed -- 4. Civilisation by Blood -- 5. Progress for All -- 6. New Solutions, Old Assumptions. |
| Summary |
Explores the origins and the gradual demise of the 'doomed race' theory, which was unquestioned in nineteenth-century European thinking and remained uncontested until the 1930s. White perceptions of Australia's indigenous people and their future had been shaped by Enlightenment ideas about progress, Darwin's new theories on the survival of the fittest, and other European philosophical concepts. Provides a challenging analysis and history of an idea which has exerted a powerful influence over white Australian attitudes to, and policies for, Aboriginal people. |
| Subjects |
Race relations - Attitudes |
| Race relations - Racism - Social Darwinism |
| Race relations - Representation - History |
| Government policy - Initial period and protectionism |
| Australia - Race relations - History. |
| Race awareness -- Australia |
| Ethnic attitudes -- Australia |
| Public opinion -- Australia |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Public opinion |
| Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations |
| Australia -- Race relations -- History |
| Call number |
2022.042 |
