The Destruction of Peoples : Colonizing and Genocide in the Modern World / Tony Barta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barta, Tony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--History.

Genocide.

Imperialism--History.

Imperialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

The Destruction of Peoples considers the connections between colonial conquest and genocide in modern history. Drawing on a unique interpretation of Raphael Lemkin’s conception of genocide, it closely examines Britain’s establishment of settler colonies in Ireland, Australia and other invaded indigenous lands, with special attention to America and the fate of Native Americans. The colonial expansion of Britain and the United States in turn influenced Imperial Germany’s genocidal policies in Africa, Nazi ideology, and the pivotal role of Hitler. His terrible combination of colonizing and genocide in Europe would see the long sequence of legacies continue into the tragedies of Ukraine and Palestine. Wide-ranging source materials are employed to develop original ideas about Lemkin’s definition, the historical reasons for colonial genocides, and the interests influencing discussion about the intentional versus unintentional destruction of peoples. Complete with web links, this important new study from a key scholar in the field of genocide studies is a vital text for all students of the Holocaust, European colonization and genocide in world history.

Contents:

Preface A personal prologue 2025 Introduction I Britain 1 The Tempest 2 The Template: Plantations 3 The Lords of Humankind 4 On Pain of Extinction II America 5 George Washington’s Genocides 6 What de Tocqueville Saw 7 Fate of a Civilized People: The Trail of Tears 8 Colonial Genocide on the American Frontier III Germany 9 Imperial Germany and Genocide 10 Hitler and the Rationality of Genocide 11 Come and See: Nazi Genocide in Belarus 12 The Grave in the Air IV Legacies 13 Geopolitics and Genocide: Russia and Ukraine 14 An Intent to Destroy? Israel and Palestine 15 The Destroying of Peoples Afterword and Ackowledgements Notes Bibliography Index

ISBN:

9781474205399

OCLC:

1593997484