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020			_a052133361X _c$35.00 Aust.
020			_a0521378621 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)15629207
035			_a3006385
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082	0	4	_a994.38 _220 _bBET
100	1		_aBeckett, Jeremy.
245	1	0	_aTorres Strait Islanders : _bcustom and colonialism / _cJeremy Beckett.
260			_aCambridge ; _aSydney : _bCambridge University Press, _c1987.
300			_axii, 251 p. : _bill., maps, ports. ; _c23 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aBibliography: p. 236-246.
505	0	0	_aMachine derived contents note: List of plates and maps -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1. A 'tombstone opening' and the problem of island custom -- 2. Pearlers, pastors and protectors -- 3. Disastrous contact: 'army time' and after -- 4. Reflections in a colonial mirror -- 5. The Murray Islanders -- 6. The Baduans -- 7. Welfare colonialism -- 8. The society of Islanders -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aCultural history of Torres Strait Islands based on archival sources and the oral record, focussing on contrasts between Badu and Murray Islands; emergence of colonial order from mid l800s; introduction of Government, mission, industry; outbreak of pacific war during WWII, collapse of pearling industry, beginning of emmigration to mainland in l960s; Islanders understanding of their history, present situation; case studies of Badu and Murray Islands, first 100 years of colonisation; recent history, emergence of welfare economy, political system, mainland TSI community; role of Island custom in mediating their relationship with Australian society in part through imposing Islander social structures on changes brought from Australian culture.
541			_aCopy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
650		0	_aTorres Strait Islanders _xSocial life and customs.
651		0	_aTorres Strait Islands (Qld.) _xHistory.
651		0	_aTorres Strait Islands (Qld.) _xSocial life and customs.
651		0	_aTorres Strait Islands (Qld.) _xPolitics and government.
651		0	_aTorres Strait Islands (Qld.) _xColonial influence.
653			_aTorres Strait Islanders - Social life and customs
653			_aTorres Strait Islands - History
653			_aTorres Strait Islands - Social life and customs
720			_aBeckett, Jeremy
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam027/87006552.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam023/87006552.html
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