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A Rape of the Soul So Profound: The return of the Stolen Generation

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A Rape of the Soul So Profound began when a young researcher accidentally came upon restricted files in an archives collection. What he read overturned all his assumptions about an important part of Aboriginal experience and Australia's past. The book ends in the present, 20 years later, in the aftermath of the Royal Commission on the Stolen Generations. Along the way Peter Read investigates how good intentions masked policies with inhuman results. He tells the poignant stories of many individuals, some of whom were forever broken and some who went on to achieve great things. This is a book about much sorrow and occasional madness, about governments who pretended things didn't happen, and about the opportunities offered to right a great wrong.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Routledge

Release: July 01, 1999

ISBN: 1864488859

ISBN 13: 9781864488852

A Rape of the Soul So Profound: The return of the Stolen Generation

3.3/5 ( ratings)

A Rape of the Soul So Profound began when a young researcher accidentally came upon restricted files in an archives collection. What he read overturned all his assumptions about an important part of Aboriginal experience and Australia's past. The book ends in the present, 20 years later, in the aftermath of the Royal Commission on the Stolen Generations. Along the way Peter Read investigates how good intentions masked policies with inhuman results. He tells the poignant stories of many individuals, some of whom were forever broken and some who went on to achieve great things. This is a book about much sorrow and occasional madness, about governments who pretended things didn't happen, and about the opportunities offered to right a great wrong.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Routledge

Release: July 01, 1999

ISBN: 1864488859

ISBN 13: 9781864488852

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