ABSTRACT

European colonisation has marginalised the `first peoples' in industrialised countries such as Australia and Canada. In remote regions, still the homes of large Aboriginal, Indian and Inuit populations, this legacy remains strong.
Modernisation - the `boom and bust' model of state and private development - and the partial and biased assistance provided by the state have eroded many communities through their disregard for socio-economic structures and the beliefs which underpin them.
Third World in the First explores the past, present and future of these peoples, their treatment by the `West' and the alternative strategies of development which might be available to them.

chapter 1|31 pages

Development and Aboriginal People in Remote Canada and Australia

An overview of the Main Issues

chapter 2|57 pages

Remote Area Development in Australia and Canada

Perceptions, people and resources

chapter 4|34 pages

Development and Land-Based Enterprise

Living on the land

chapter 8|16 pages

Aboriginal Development in Remote Areas

Problems and prospects