{"product_id":"imagined-destinies-paperback","title":"Imagined Destinies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell McGregor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExamines the origins and decline of the pernicious notion that Aboriginals were a 'doomed race'.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite Australians once confidently-if regretfully-believed that the Aboriginal people were doomed to extinction. Even in the 1950s, Australian children were still being taught that the Australian Aboriginals were a dying race who would eventually disappear from the face of the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eImagined Destinies\u003c\/em\u003e, Russell McGregor explores the origins and the gradual demise of the 'doomed race' theory, which was unquestioned in nineteenth-century European thinking and remained uncontested until the 1930s. White perceptions of Australia's indigenous people and their future had been shaped by Enlightenment ideas about progress, Darwin's new theories on the survival of the fittest, and other European philosophical concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImagined Destinies\u003c\/em\u003e provides a challenging analysis and history of an idea which has exerted a powerful influence over white Australian attitudes to, and policies for, Aboriginal people. Indeed, its long shadow may still be with us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell McGregor is a lecturer in the Department of History and Politics, James Cook University of North Queensland. He is the author of various articles, mainly on the history of Australian anthropology, published in such journals as \u003ci\u003eAustralian Historical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Australian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAboriginal History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOceania and Australian Aboriginal Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48901013831929,"sku":"9780522847628","price":37.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3DEmmGedCN9780522847628.webp?v=1787749254","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/imagined-destinies-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}