Collecting Cultures : Myth, Politics, and Collaboration in the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition.
In February 1948, a team of Australians and Americans embarked upon one of the largest scientific expeditions that had ever taken place in Australia. Seventeen men and women journeyed across northern Australia for nine months, investigating the people andenvironment of the remote region known as Arn...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In February 1948, a team of Australians and Americans embarked upon one of the largest scientific expeditions that had ever taken place in Australia. Seventeen men and women journeyed across northern Australia for nine months, investigating the people andenvironment of the remote region known as Arnhem Land. Today, the Arnhem Land Expedition remains one of the most significant, most ambitious, and least understood expeditions ever mounted. Collecting Cultures draws together diverse strands of evidence to investigate the events and consequences of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition. In the wake. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (250 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780759113145 0759113149 1282498029 9781282498020 |