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Chapter 4. “Having a Wife Is Better than Having a God”

Ancestry, Governmental Power, and Short-Route Identity Change
© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Chapter 1. What’s in a Name? 1
  6. Chapter 2. Where Did the Aborigines Go? 35
  7. Chapter 3. “We Savages Didn’t Bind Feet” 66
  8. Chapter 4. “Having a Wife Is Better than Having a God” 134
  9. Chapter 5. “They Came with Their Hands Tied behind Their Backs” 166
  10. Chapter 6. Theory and the Politics of Reunification 211
  11. Notes 251
  12. References 279
  13. Character List 303
  14. Index 309
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https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520927940-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Chapter 1. What’s in a Name? 1
  6. Chapter 2. Where Did the Aborigines Go? 35
  7. Chapter 3. “We Savages Didn’t Bind Feet” 66
  8. Chapter 4. “Having a Wife Is Better than Having a God” 134
  9. Chapter 5. “They Came with Their Hands Tied behind Their Backs” 166
  10. Chapter 6. Theory and the Politics of Reunification 211
  11. Notes 251
  12. References 279
  13. Character List 303
  14. Index 309
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