Last Man, The : A British Genocide in Tasmania
by Lawson, Tom
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 13
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I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2014. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINALÂ Little more than seventy years after the British settled Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) in 1803, its indigenous population had been virtually wiped out. Yet this genocide one of the earliest of the modern era is virtually forgotten in Britain today. The Last Man is the first book specifically to explore the role of the British government and wider British society in this genocide. It positions the destruction as a consequence of British policy, and ideology in the region. Tom Lawson shows how Britain practised cultural destruction and then came to terms with and evaded its genocidal imperial past. Although the introduction of European diseases undoubtedly contributed to the decline in the indigenous population, Lawson shows that the British government supported what was effectively the ethnic cleansing of Tasmania - particularly in the period of martial law in 1828-1832. By 1835 the vast majority of the surviving indigenous community had been deported to Flinders Island, where the British government took a keen interest in the attempt to transform them into Christians and Englishmen in a campaign of cultural genocide.Lawson also illustrates the ways in which the destruction of indigenous Tasmanians was reflected in British culture - both at the time and since - and how it came to play a key part in forging particular versions of British imperial identity. Laments for the lost Tasmanians were a common theme in literary and museum culture, and the mistaken assumption that Tasmanians were doomed to complete extinction was an important part of the emerging science of human origins. By exploring the memory of destruction, The Last Man provides the first comprehensive picture of the British role in the destruction of the Tasmanian Aboriginal population.First Edition. xxi, 263 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index. (Scratch on fep, otherwise pristine.) Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Tasmania -- Government relations -- History -- 19th century Genocide -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century Government policy - Initial period and protectionism Nuenonne / Southeast Tasmania people (Tas SK55-08) Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900 Settlement and contacts - Colonisation Cultural heritage - Repatriation - Human remains Death - Human remains Race relations - Representation - Art History - Theory and criticism - Sources Race relations - Violent - Genocide Great Britain -- Colonies -- Race relations Great Britain -- Colonies -- Oceania -- History -- 19th century Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1900 United Kingdom / Great Britain (UK) Risdon Cove (SE Tas SK55-08) Bruny Island (SE Tas SK55-08) Oyster Bay (E Tas SK55-06) Tasmania (Tas) Wybalenna (Flinders Island Tas SK55-02) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover in Dustjacket Near Fine
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- Elizabeth's Bookshops (AU)
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- Title
- Last Man, The : A British Genocide in Tasmania
- Author
- Lawson, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Dustjacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1780766262
- ISBN 13
- 9781780766263
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2014
- Pages
- 263
- Keywords
- AUSTRALIANA, AUSTRALIANA , Aboriginal Australians Indigenous
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Elizabeth's Bookshops Australia. Bookdealers since 1973.
Elizabeth's Bookshops are one of Australia's largest second-hand bookshop operations, with 4 shops on both sides of the Australian continent.
For nearly 50 years, Elizabeth's have been major dealers in second-hand and out-of-print books.
Established in 1973, Elizabeth's Bookshops are now in Perth CBD, two shops in Fremantle (WA) and King Street, Newtown (NSW).
All orders are dispatched within 1 business day from our Fremantle Warehouse.
All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle Western Australia. (7 days a week) 08 9433 3236
Click & Collect (no postage cost!) is available at all branches.
Elizabeth's Bookshops are one of Australia's largest second-hand bookshop operations, with 4 shops on both sides of the Australian continent.
For nearly 50 years, Elizabeth's have been major dealers in second-hand and out-of-print books.
Established in 1973, Elizabeth's Bookshops are now in Perth CBD, two shops in Fremantle (WA) and King Street, Newtown (NSW).
All orders are dispatched within 1 business day from our Fremantle Warehouse.
All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle Western Australia. (7 days a week) 08 9433 3236
Click & Collect (no postage cost!) is available at all branches.
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