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Professional savages: captive lives and western spectacle

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Poignant, Roslyn

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Yale University Press

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New Haven

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monographic

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302 p.

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troy.lib.sfu.ca Library Catalog
Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory

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302 p.

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Moral and ethical aspects
Repatriation
19th century
United States
Public opinion
Aboriginal Australians
Australia
Barnum and Bailey
Aboriginal Australians in popular culture
Circus
Racism in museum exhibits
Racism in anthropology
Museum exhibits
Human remains (Archaeology)
History
Europe

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book
book

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tpatt:7eafeae1-5861-407d-94e7-f5058b45e1f3

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2018-04-06T01:43:37.55Z

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Professional savages: captive lives and western spectacle, Professional savages
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GN 666 P55 2004, Moral and ethical aspects, Repatriation, 19th century, United States, Public opinion, Aboriginal Australians, Australia, Barnum and Bailey, Aboriginal Australians in popular culture, Circus, Racism in museum exhibits, Racism in anthropology, Museum exhibits, Human remains (Archaeology), History, Europe
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Introduction : the journey -- 1. Meet the travellers -- 2.'Now enough' -- 3. Colonial circuits -- 4. American spectacle : 'attractions of wonder' -- 5. European spectacle -- 6. Palaces of illusion and scientific discipline -- 7. 'Rare strangers' -- 8. To Constantinople and back -- 9. Absent presence : 'Billy - Australien' at the Paris Exposition, 1889 -- 10. King Bill and company : the story of the second group -- 11. Welcome home Tambo
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Yale University Press
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Poignant, Roslyn
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302 p.
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tpatt:7eafeae1-5861-407d-94e7-f5058b45e1f3, isbn: 978-0-300-10247-5
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