The White Men (Signed copy)

Signed by Julia Blackburn. The First Response of Aboriginal Peoples to the White Man"

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Printing Details

First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 25 × 19cm, 192pp.

Signed directly to the half-title by Julia Blackburn.

From the wrapper, "Colonization reached it peak during the nineteenth century when countless isolated and independent societies in Africa, America and Australasia found themselves prisoners in their own land. Some believed the newly arrived white men were gods who had come to help them; others said they were a dangerous race which must be destroyed. Always, the white men were aliens whose behaviour, appearance, beliefs and social traditions were carefully watched and assessed.

In this compelling anthology Julia Blackburn has collected together a wide selection of these narrative responses to the arrival of the first Europeans, showing how white civilization had a bewildering and often violent impact on ancient traditions and patterns of living. The fascinating first-hand accounts she presents range from initial visual impressions of white men— people with white hair, skin and eyes who were thought to be ghosts, for example—to those impassioned words of prophets and leaders who started the movements in reaction to this invasion."

Condition

The book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper has light fading to the spine, and a little edgewear.

ISBN

085613399X