Nowhere People

by Henry Reynolds

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry - half - castes - were commonly assumed to be morally and physically defective, unstable and degenerate. They bore the brunt of society's contempt, and the removal of their children created Australia's stolen generations. Nowhere People is a history of beliefs about people of mixed race, both in Australia and overseas. It explores the concept of racial purity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670041181
• ISBN13: 9780670041183
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 278 Pages