Aboriginal economy & society : Australia at the threshold of colonisation
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Aboriginal economy & society : Australia at the threshold of colonisation
Oxford University Press, 2004
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Aboriginal economy and society
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-419) and index
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Description
Drawing on early colonial cources as well as the writing of amateur and professional anthropologists, liguists and archaeloogists, Aboriginal Economy and Society compares the socail life and culture os seven regions of Australia as they appear to have been at the threshold of colonisation. With a focus on the economy,the broad scope of the book encmpasses variation in environmental conditions, resources and technologies; key institutions including
kinship,cosmologies and governance; and organisation of production, distribution, exchange and consumption.
Table of Contents
Contents:AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresList of MapsList of PlatesList of TablesA Note of Orthographies1. IntroductionPart I: Ecology2. Environment and Resources3. Technology4. The Seasonal Round: Population, Settlement and MobilityPart II: Institutions5. Identities6. Kinship and Marriage7. Cosmology and Quasi-technology8. GovernancePart III: Economy9. Control of the Means of Production10. Organisation of Production11. Distribution and Consumption12. Exchange and Trade13. ConclusionReferencesGlossaryIndex
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