Bibliograph

Dark emu, Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture., Bruce Pascoe

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Label

Dark emu, Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture., Bruce Pascoe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dark emu

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1037018065

Responsibility statement

Bruce Pascoe

Sub title

Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture.

Summary

In this seminal book, Bruce Pascoe uncovers evidence that long before the arrival of white men, Aboriginal people across the continent were building dams and wells; planting, irrigating, and harvesting seeds, and then preserving the surplus and storing it in houses, sheds, or secure vessels; and creating elaborate cemeteries and manipulating the landscape. All of these behaviors were inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag, which turns out have been a convenient lie that worked to justify dispossession. --back cover

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