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Comparing the Policy of Aboriginal Assimilation: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
by Armitage, Andrew
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket As Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0774804599
- ISBN 13
- 9780774804592
- Seller
-
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Vancouver: UBC Press, 1995. First Edition . Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Wrappers clean and bright; light reading crease to spine; minor spotting to inside front cover and to page edges. Contents clean, tight and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. xiii, 286 pp. "The first systematic and comparative treatment of the social policy of assimilation followed by Australia, Canada, and New Zealand....not only provides comprehensive and comparative data on the conduct of assimilative policy but also examines its origins and rationale. In the end, the policy is shown to be primarily an expression of the racist and colonial nature of the immigrant societies." 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004875
- Title
- Comparing the Policy of Aboriginal Assimilation: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
- Author
- Armitage, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0774804599
- ISBN 13
- 9780774804592
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- History; Aboriginal History; America & Canada; First Nations; Native Peoples; Indigenous peoples; Social Policy; Politics & Government; Australia & New Zealand; Maori; Aborigines
Terms of Sale
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Book orders are professionally packed and shipped within 48 hours.
Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery but please contact us in first instance.
About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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