Makuk a New History of Aboriginal White Relations

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pp. xii [3] 432.”John Lutz draws upon oral histories, manuscripts, newspaper accounts, and biographies to show that Aboriginal people flocked to the workforce and prospered in the late nineteenth century. The roots of today’s widespread unemployment and “welfare dependency” date only from the 1950s, when deliberate and inadvertent policy choices – drove Aboriginal people out of the capitalist, wage, and subsistence economy. Makúk invites readers into a dialogue with the past with visual imagery and an engaging narrative that gives a voice to Aboriginal peoples and other historical figures”heavy book additional charges may apply

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ISBN 0774811404
ISBN13 9780774811408
Number of pages 432
Original Title Makuk a New History of Aboriginal White Relations
Published Date 2009
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition no dustjacket
Binding paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Vancouver,
Edition First Edition
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pp. xii [3] 432.”John Lutz draws upon oral histories, manuscripts, newspaper accounts, and biographies to show that Aboriginal people flocked to the workforce and prospered in the late nineteenth century. The roots of today’s widespread unemployment and “welfare dependency” date only from the 1950s, when deliberate and inadvertent policy choices – drove Aboriginal people out of the capitalist, wage, and subsistence economy. Makúk invites readers into a dialogue with the past with visual imagery and an engaging narrative that gives a voice to Aboriginal peoples and other historical figures”heavy book additional charges may apply

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Weight 1.3 kg