Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. White Flour, White Power
  • Cited by 131
      • Show more authors
      • You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Select format
    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      23 October 2009
      28 June 1998
      ISBN:
      9780511518287
      9780521624572
      9780521523271
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511518287
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.59kg, 272 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.582kg, 272 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History, Twentieth Century Regional History
    You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Selected: Digital
    Add to cart View cart Buy from Cambridge.org
    Subjects:
    History, Twentieth Century Regional History
    Information

    Book description

    The colonial practice of rationing goods to Aboriginal people has been neglected in the study of Australian frontiers. This book argues that much of the colonial experience in Central Australia can be understood by seeing rationing as a fundamental, though flexible, instrument of colonial government. Rationing was the material basis for a variety of colonial ventures: scientific, evangelical, pastoral and the post-war program of 'assimilation'. Combining history and anthropology in a cultural study of rationing, this book develops a new narrative of the colonisation of Central Australia. Two arguments underpin this story: that the colonists were puzzled by the motives of the Indigenous recipients; and that they were highly inventive in the meanings and moral foundations they ascribed to the rationing relationship. This study goes to the heart of contemporary reflections on the nature of Indigenous 'citizenship'.

    Reviews

    ‘… innovative and meticulously researched … this is a challenging study in historical anthropology’.

    Source: The Australian

    ‘… offers some invaluable insights … With the rise of the One Nation Party in Australia, this thoughtful analysis of colonial history is timely.’

    Source: The Times Literary Supplement

    ‘An engaging book, and well worth reading.’

    Source: Journal of Sociology

    ‘ … a good, well-researched and cogently argued study of Aboriginal policy in central Australia … It sparkles with intelligent insights.’

    Henry Reynolds Source: Australian Journal of Political Science

    Refine List

    Actions for selected content:

    Select all | Deselect all
    • View selected items
    • Export citations
    • Download PDF (zip)
    • Save to Kindle
    • Save to Dropbox
    • Save to Google Drive

    Save Search

    You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

    Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
    Cancel
    ×

    Contents

    Contents

    Metrics

    Altmetric attention score

    Full text views

    Total number of HTML views: 0
    Total number of PDF views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    Book summary page views

    Total views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    * Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

    Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

    Accessibility standard: Unknown

    Why this information is here

    This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

    Accessibility Information

    Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.