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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457125703321

Autore

Chesterman John <1967->

Titolo

Civil rights [[electronic resource] ] : how indigenous Australians won formal equality / / John Chesterman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

St. Lucia, Queensland, : University of Queensland Press, 2005

ISBN

0-7022-4056-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Disciplina

323.119915

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Civil rights

Aboriginal Australians - Legal status, laws, etc

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Taking Civil Rights Seriously; CHAPTER TWO: Defending Australia's Reputation: Ending Commonwealth Discrimination; CHAPTER THREE: Civil Rights and States' Rights; CHAPTER FOUR: The Limits of 'The Liberal Promise'; CHAPTER FIVE: Beyond Civil Rights: Non-Discriminationand Indigenous Rights; CHAPTER SIX: The Legacy of Civil Rights; Notes; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Australians know very little about how Indigenous Australians came to gain the civil rights that other Australians had long taken for granted. One of the key reasons for this is the entrenched belief that civil rights were handed to Indigenous people and not won by them.In this book John Chesterman draws on government and other archival material from around the country to make a compelling case that Indigenous people, together with non-Indigenous supporters, did effectively agitate for civil rights, and that this activism, in conjunction with international pressure, led to legal r