The Welcome To Country Handbook Av Marcia Langton

<P><B><I>The Welcome to Country Handbook</I> by Professor Marcia Langton is your accessible introduction to First Nations Peoples, history and cultures. Drawn from the bestselling <I>Welcome to Country</I>, this guide is essential reading for every Australian, and an excellent resource for cultural awareness training in the workplace or classroom.</B><P>The chapters cover precolonial and post-colonial history, language, kinship, knowledge, art, performance, storytelling, Native Title, the Stolen Generations, making a rightful place for First Australians and looking to the future for Indigenous Australia. A new introduction as well as a chapter on racism has been written especially for this handbook, and all information has been checked and updated. <P>Looking through these pages, photos and reading Professor Langton's profound words, you will quickly appreciate how lucky we are to be the home of the world’s oldest continuing civilisation – which is both diverse and thriving in Australia today.</P></P></P>