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I listened to the audio book of it back in January and it has completed changed how I see the Australian landscape and it's aboriginal people. What is interesti
by ImaCake 6y ago
I listened to the audio book of it back in January and it has completed changed how I see the Australian landscape and it's aboriginal people. What is interesting is that the topics and ideas in the book are not new among academics (although some arguments Pascoe makes are controversial). Pascoe's book has popularised these ideas and spread them to the public. I hope the ideas gain traction here, we would do well to integrate some of these ideas into our farming practices and our views on Australian aborigines.
- mb_72 6y agoIf you are interested in an alternate legal / law view I can't recommend this book enough: https://www.amazon.com.au/Aboriginal-Peoples-Colonialism-International-Law/dp/1138685968 https://www.amazon.com.au/Aboriginal-Peoples-Colonialism-Int... The author is aboriginal; reading it completely changed my view on colonialism and the rule of law in Australia (speaking as a white person born in Australia to one immigrant and one 'local' parent).
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y agoAm I the only one seeing these absurd prices for it? Kindle $78.53 Hardcover from $197.00
- ruytlm 6y agoAt a guess, it's probably used as a textbook in some university courses (presumably law). This leads to absurd pricing, because students are a captive market; you want to do the course, you have to buy this book.
- mb_72 6y agoThat is exactly what is happening in this case; the author is a lecturer at a South Australian educational institution, and the book is a textbook for one of the courses there. I'm looking into studying Australian Aboriginal / Indigenous history, and thought I'd better get acquainted with some of the source material.
- interestica 6y agowow. does it come with a kindle?
- LilBytes 6y agoNo but it does come with a law degree.
- codewithcheese 6y agohttps://libgen.is/search.php?req=Aboriginal+Peoples%2C+Colonialism+and+International+Law&lg_topic=libgen&open=0&view=simple&res=25&phrase=1&column=def https://libgen.is/search.php?req=Aboriginal+Peoples%2C+Colon...
- LilBytes 6y agoWhat on earth is this website? I had a drive around and I'm directed a http://111.111.111.111 http://111.111.111.111 (yes, no S in HTTPS) site to download a PDF file which I assume is the book? This site couldn't look more dodgy if it tried.
- vikbytes 6y agoA mirror for LibGen, it looks like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis
- shermozle 6y agoPascoe's conclusions aren't really controversial in historical circles, only political ones. The primary sources quoted in the book make it pretty there was more extensive agriculture going on than most Australians think.
- shard972 6y agoHistory has become political? In Australia we are debating still wether or not captain cook discovered Australia and did he commit genocide?
- goatforce5 6y agoAnd, for the non-Australians in here, the lack of agriculture is essentially one of the boxes you have to tick before you can invoke the concept of Terra Nullius, which is what the English relied on to claim Australia.