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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450605803321

Autore

Young E. A (Elspeth A.)

Titolo

Third world in the first : development and indigenous peoples / / Elspeth Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

0-203-31823-4

1-134-93636-2

1-280-32899-1

0-203-08125-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Disciplina

307.1/412/0994

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Economic conditions

Inuit - Northwest Territories - Economic conditions

Indians of North America - Northwest Territories - Economic conditions

Rural development - Australia

Rural development - Northwest Territories

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-292) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; DEVELOPMENT AND ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN REMOTE CANADA AND AUSTRALIA An overview of the main issues; REMOTE AREA DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTRALIA AND CANADA Perceptions, people and resources; GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS FOR ABORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT AND LAND-BASED ENTERPRISE Living on the land; MINING; THE PRIME NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE OF REMOTE REGIONS; THE ROLE OF PARKS AND TOURISM IN ABORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT; ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY STORES AND DEVELOPMENT

ABORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT IN REMOTE AREAS Problems and prospectsReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

European colonisation has marginalised the `first peoples' in industrialised countries such as Australia and Canada. In remote regions, still the homes of large Aboriginal, Indian and Inuit



populations, this legacy remains strong.Modernisation - the `boom and bust' model of state and private development - and the partial and biased assistance provided by the state have eroded many communities through their disregard for socio-economic structures and the beliefs which underpin them.Third World in the First explores the past, present and future of these peoples, their treatment