A History of Tasmania, from Its Discovery in 1642 to the Present Time
A History of Tasmania, from Its Discovery in 1642 to the Present Time

Author: James Fenton

Publisher:

Published: 1884

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13:

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James Fenton (1820-1901) was born in Ireland and emigrated to Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land) with his family in 1833. He became a pioneer settler in an area on the Forth River and published this history of the island in 1884. The book begins with the discovery of the island in 1642 and concludes with the deaths of some significant public figures in the colony in 1884. The establishment of the colony on the island, and the involvement of convicts in its building, is documented. A chapter on the native aborigines gives a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the colonising people, and a detailed account of the removal of the native Tasmanians to Flinders Island, in an effort to separate them from the colonists. The book also contains portraits of some aboriginal people, as well as a glossary of their language.

A History of Tasmania
A History of Tasmania

Author: James Fenton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-11-08

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 1108039197

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First published in 1884, this book gives the history of Tasmania from the perspective of a nineteenth-century pioneer.

Colonialism and Genocide
Colonialism and Genocide

Author: Dirk Moses

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1317997522

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Previously published as a special issue of Patterns of Prejudice, this is the first book to link colonialism and genocide in a systematic way in the context of world history. It fills a significant gap in the current understanding on genocide and the Holocaust, which sees them overwhelmingly as twentieth century phenomena. This book publishes Lemkin’s account of the genocide of the Aboriginal Tasmanians for the first time and chapters cover: the exterminatory rhetoric of racist discourses before the ‘scientific racism’ of the mid-nineteenth century Charles Darwin’s preoccupation with the extinction of peoples in the face of European colonialism, a reconstruction of a virtually unknown case of ‘subaltern genocide’ global perspective on the links between modernity and the Holocaust Social theorists and historians alike will find this a must-read.

Dimensions of Settler Colonialism in a Transnational Perspective
Dimensions of Settler Colonialism in a Transnational Perspective

Author: Eva Bischoff

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-08-29

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0429940912

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As a field of research, settler colonial studies has developed dynamically in recent years. This volume contributes a set of much-needed empirical analyses of the microhistory and practices of settler colonialism. Incorporating six case studies from across the Anglo-world, including the United States, Australia, and South Africa, this book examines the roles different actors played in this process, their individual experiences, and the social and physical (re-)organization of settler colonial space. They reconstruct the complexities of settler responses to Indigenous resistance, guided by fear or religious convictions; and explore the settlers’ potential to manoeuvre on higher political levels, legitimizing frontier violence as a patriotic duty to the common good. In addition, they examine the production and circulation of knowledge about land, and discuss the ways in which socio-ecological systems were manipulated by stock farmers whose success depended upon an effective integration into a world-wide economic system. Overall, the volume presents a unique combination of microhistorical analysis and environmental history. This book was originally published as a special issue of Settler Colonial Studies.

Genocide on Settler Frontiers
Genocide on Settler Frontiers

Author: Mohamed Adhikari

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1782387390

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European colonial conquest included many instances of indigenous peoples being exterminated. Cases where invading commercial stock farmers clashed with hunter-gatherers were particularly destructive, often resulting in a degree of dispossession and slaughter that destroyed the ability of these societies to reproduce themselves. The experience of aboriginal peoples in the settler colonies of southern Africa, Australia, North America, and Latin America bears this out. The frequency with which encounters of this kind resulted in the annihilation of forager societies raises the question of whether these conflicts were inherently genocidal, an issue not yet addressed by scholars in a systematic way.

The Bookseller
The Bookseller

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Publisher:

Published: 1885

Total Pages: 1742

ISBN-13:

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Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia
Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia

Author: R. W. Church

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-27

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13:

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This book is an essay that focuses on the importance of Dante's "Divine Comedy". The essay discusses how the "Divine Comedy" is a landmark in history, as it is not just a magnificent poem but also the beginning of a language and the opening of national literature. The essay also discusses the mystery of the creative process and how Dante's work has become a permanent feature of the world's literature. The essay is followed by a translation of Dante's "De Monarchia" by F.J. Church. The "De Monarchia" is a work of political speculation that discusses the medieval idea of the Empire and should be compared with the "De Regimine Principum" by Thomas Aquinas.