Southern Anthropology - a History of Fison and Howitt’s Kamilaroi and Kurnai

Helen Gardner is an historian of colonialism, anthropology and mission in the Pacific Islands and Australia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Patrick McConvell is an anthropologist and linguist with particular interests in Indigenous Australia, interdisciplinary prehistory and kinship. He is engaged with the ARC Discovery Project 'Kin and Skin' (AustKin).

• 1. Introduction. The Publication Of Kamilaroi And Kurnai 2. Morgan Imaging Kinship 3. The Unity Of World Kinship: A Southern Perspective 4. The Apocalypse In The South: Fison In Victoria And Fiji 5. Twice Converted: Fison's Epiphany 6. Cracks In The Theory: The Problems Of The Pacific 7. Fison's Fiji Discovery And The Interpretation Of Kinship History 8. Seeing Gamilaraay 9. Evidence And Anomalies From Australian And Pacific Sites 10. Howitt And Tulaba 11. The Turn From Kin To Skin 12. Time, Human Difference And Evolution In Oceania 13. Pen To Paper: Writing Kamilaroi And Kurnai 14. Kamilaroi And Kurnai: The Content And The Form 15. The Anthropology Of Kamilaroi And Kurnai 16. The British Response To Kamilaroi And Kurnai 17. The Legacy Of Kamilaroi And Kurnai In The Anthropology Of Kinship 18. Conclusion

"I strongly recommend this book as a text to be read widely. It should be mandatory reading for undergraduate anthropology classes. It is engagingly written, comprehensively researched, and cogently argued. The inclusion of a glossary of terms provides an excellent resource touchstone for students unfamiliar with intricate anthropological concepts. Historians especially will find this of value." (Lynette Russell, Australian Historical Studies, Vol. 48 (1), February, 2017)