Equal subjects, unequal rights: Indigenous people in British settler colonies, 1830-1910

This book focuses on the ways in which the British settler colonies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa treated indigenous peoples in relation to political rights, commencing with the imperial policies of the 1830s and ending with the national political settlements in place by 1910. D...

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Main Author: Swain, Shurlee (auth)
Other Authors: Evans, Julie (auth), Phillips, David (auth), Grimshaw, Patricia (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Manchester University Press 2003
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