Author: Blackburn, Julia; Carpenter, Dr Edmund (foreword).
Title: The White Men: The First Response of Aboriginal Peoples to the White Man.
Description: London Orbis / Times Books, 1979. 1st ed. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white & colour photos (mostly full-page), minor edgewear & rubbing jacket (light scuffs & colour loss top spine, spine little faded), faint foxing top edge. 192 pp. A compelling anthology by Julia Blackburn about Aboriginal responses to the arrival of the first Europeans. Shows how white civilization had a bewildering and often violent impact on ancient traditions and patterns of living. The fascinating first-hand accounts range from initial visual impressions of white men - people with white hair, skin and eyes, who were thought to be ghosts, for example - to the impassioned words of prophets and leaders who started resistance to his invasion. A beautifully presented tribute to the will to survive and gives us an unexpected and shocking reflection of our own civilization. ISBN: 0812908260

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