Up From the Mission: Selected Writings by Noel Pearson
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781863954280
Author: Noel Pearson
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Black Inc
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2009
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400 pages
Period: 20th and 21st Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. General edgewear. Pages are sunned.
Up from the Mission charts the life and thought of Noel Pearson, from his early days as a native title lawyer to his position today as one of Australia's most influential figures.This is writing of great passion and power, which introduces a fascinating man and a compelling writer.
Many of the pieces included have been hard to find until now. Gathered together in a cohesive, broad ranging book, they show a key Australian thinker coming into being.Pearson evokes his early life in Hope Vale, Queensland. He includes sections of his epoch-making essay Our Right to Take Responsibility, which exposed the trap of 'passive welfare' and proposed new ways forward. There are pieces on the apology; on Barack Obama and black leadership; on Australian party politics - Keating, Howard and Rudd; and on alcoholism, despair and what can be done to mend Aboriginal communities that have fallen apart. (back cover)
Up From the Mission: Selected Writings by Noel Pearson
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