Mann, Barbara A; Dwyer, Philip; Penn, Nigel; Ryan, Lyndall
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<p>Four experts specializing in four different regions of the world come together to interrogate the violence committed against Indigenous peoples between 1780 and 1820. Showing how violence and massacre were tools at the disposal of the colonizer, and often used to subjugate unruly populations, they examine the changing nature of warfare and killingfrom both a European and an Indigenous perspective. <em>Empires of Violence </em>shows how race, othering and fear were maintained and bouyed by violence, in spite of prevailing discourses on humanitarianism, civilization and progress.</p>
