نسل‌کشی و جامعهٔ مستعمراتی: خشونت مرزی و کودکان بومی دزدیده‌شده در تاریخ استرالیا (۲۰۰۴) [جنگ و نسل‌کشی]

Colonial Genocide has been seen increasingly as a stepping-stone to the European genocides of the twentieth century, yet it remains an under-researched phenomenon. This volume reconstructs instances of Australian genocide and for the first time places them in a global context. Beginning with the arrival of the British in 1788 and extending to the 1960s, the authors identify the moments of radicalization and the escalation of British violence and ethnic engineering aimed at the Indigenous populations, while carefully distinguishing between local massacres, cultural genocide, and genocide itself. These essays reflect a growing concern with the nature of settler society in Australia and in particular with the fate of the tens of thousands of children who were forcibly taken away from their Aboriginal families by state agencies. Long considered a relatively peaceful settlement, Australian society contained many of the pathologies that led to the exterminatory and eugenic policies of twentieth century Europe. " ... Often new, probing and rich examinations of the takeover of a continent by white Anglos and the long-term impact ... the book is replete with detailed and meticulously sourced information on the scope, scale and persistence of the cruelty and violence involved - actual and structural - over a 200-year period ... there is a great deal in this excellent volume that demands grounds for deep reflection on how Australia came to be what it is." * Patterns of Prejudice "The value of this stimulating collection of historical essays is that it points to both the usefulness of a transnational framework for analysing race thinking and the necessity for close attention to the historical specificity of particular moments and places." * Australian Book Review "[This volume] is an outstanding collection, a challenging conversation between differing viewpoints where discussion is ongoing and cooperative." * Australian Historical Studies Colonial Genocide has been seen increasingly as a stepping-stone to the European genocides of the twentieth century, yet it remains an under-researched phenomenon. This volume reconstructs instances of Australian genocide and for the first time places them in a global context. Beginning with the arrival of the British in 1788 and extending to the 1960s, the authors identify the moments of radicalization and the escalation of British violence and ethnic engineering aimed at the Indigenous populations, while carefully distinguishing between local massacres, cultural genocide, and genocide itself. These essays reflect a growing concern with the nature of settler society in Australia and in particular with the fate of the tens of thousands of children who were forcibly taken away from their Aboriginal families by state agencies. A. Dirk Moses teaches European History and comparative genocide Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is editing another volume in this series entitled Genocide and Colonialism

From their arrival in 1788, British settlers in Australia seemed determined to eliminate Aboriginal societies. Their dedication came from the pathologies they brought with them, but the violence, murder, kidnapping, and cultural genocide continued through the 1960s. In 13 essays contributors describe the convictions of the settlers and the systems they developed to execute them. They begin with conceptual and historical determinants, such as those that eventually resulted in the Holocaust in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. They move to regional events such as the systematic massacres in Tasmania, Queensland, and other locations, and the program of racial engineering and, by way of comparison, that of Nazi Germany. They close with descriptions of recent efforts to assimilate Aboriginal people into the prevailing culture. The book opens with a moving description of a memorial erected 165 years after the massacre at Myall Creek; the epilog contains data about the effects of various means of genocide on the population. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR