Frontmatter i
Contents vi
Map of Australia with locations relevant to the text viii
A Note on Terminology xi
Acknowledgments xiii
introduction 1
chapter 1. Living with Ghosts 11
chapter 2. Blood, Bones, and the Ghosts of the Ancestors 33
chapter 3. A Century in the Life of an Aboriginal Hair Sample 67
chapter 4. Race and Nation: Aboriginal Whiteness and Settler Belonging 91
chapter 5. Indigenous Physiology: Metabolism, Cold Tolerance, and the Possibility of Human Hibernation 119
chapter 6. Spencer’s Double: The Decolonial Afterlife of a Postcolonial Museum Prop 143
Conclusion 167
Appendix 1. Dramatis Personae 173
Appendix 2. Timeline of Relevant Events 175
Notes 181
References 199
Index 235

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Frontmatter i
Contents vi
Map of Australia with locations relevant to the text viii
A Note on Terminology xi
Acknowledgments xiii
introduction 1
chapter 1. Living with Ghosts 11
chapter 2. Blood, Bones, and the Ghosts of the Ancestors 33
chapter 3. A Century in the Life of an Aboriginal Hair Sample 67
chapter 4. Race and Nation: Aboriginal Whiteness and Settler Belonging 91
chapter 5. Indigenous Physiology: Metabolism, Cold Tolerance, and the Possibility of Human Hibernation 119
chapter 6. Spencer’s Double: The Decolonial Afterlife of a Postcolonial Museum Prop 143
Conclusion 167
Appendix 1. Dramatis Personae 173
Appendix 2. Timeline of Relevant Events 175
Notes 181
References 199
Index 235

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