Empire and the Making of Native Title

by Bain Attwood

Book Overview

This book provides a new approach to the historical treatment of indigenous peoples' sovereignty and property rights in Australia and New Zealand. By shifting attention from the original European claims of possession to a comparison of the ways in which British players treated these matters later, Bain Attwood not only reveals some startling similarities between the Australian and New Zealand cases but revises the long-held explanations of the differences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108745709
• ISBN13: 9781108745703
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"