Truth-Telling : History, Sovereignty And The Uluru Statement
by Henry Reynolds
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- 1742236944
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- 9781742236940
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University of NSW, Sydney, 2021. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles.What if the sovereignty of the First Nations was recognised by European international law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What if the audacious British annexation of a whole continent was not seen as acceptable at the time and the colonial office in Britain understood that 'peaceful settlement' was a fiction? If the 1901 parliament did not have control of the whole continent, particularly the North, by what right could the new nation claim it?The historical record shows that the argument of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is stronger than many people imagine and the centuries-long legal position about British claims to the land far less imposing than it appears.In Truth-Telling, influential historian Henry Reynolds pulls the rug from legal and historical assumptions, with his usual sharp eye and rigour, in a book that's about the present as much as the past. His work shows exactly why our national war memorial must acknowledge the frontier wars, why we must change the date of our national day, and why treaties are important. Most of all, it makes urgently clear that the Uluru Statement is no rhetorical flourish but carries the weight of history and law and gives us a map for the future. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 274 pages. Remnants of old price label on the rear cover.. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Indigenous Cultures; ISBN: 1742236944. ISBN/EAN: 9781742236940. Inventory No: 52269. . 9781742236940
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- Title
- Truth-Telling : History, Sovereignty And The Uluru Statement
- Author
- Henry Reynolds
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1742236944
- ISBN 13
- 9781742236940
- Publisher
- University of NSW
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2021
- Keywords
- BZDB3 Indigenous Cultures; Unbranded ISBN: 1742236944 EAN: 9781742236940 Henry Reynolds Truth-Telling : History, Sovereignty And The Uluru Statement
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