The cultivation of whiteness : science, health and racial destiny in Australia / Warwick Anderson.
The cultivation of whiteness : science, health and racial destiny in Australia / Warwick Anderson.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Carlton, Vic : Melbourne University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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305.80909/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 390 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Carlton, Vic : Melbourne University Press, 2005.
Edition
New ed.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
Examines the notion of 'whiteness' as a flexible category in scientific and public debates. Also provides the first full account of experimentation in the 1920s and 1930s on Aboriginal people in the central deserts. Anderson is the founder of the Centre for Studies of Health and Society at the University of Melbourne, Vic.
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The cultivation of whiteness : science, health and racial destiny in Australia / Warwick Anderson.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 329-379.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
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305.80909/1
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74VKPgJdQrQd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPgJdQrQd
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ISBN
052285169X
DDC
305.809094
MMS ID
991019674639702626