Rivers of blood, rivers of gold : Europe's conflict with tribal peoples

In a little more than 400 years a handful of small, highly advanced nation states at the western extremity of the Eurasian continent brought within their political orbit most of the diverse peoples of four continents. The story of how they did so is a tale of extraordinary human achievement in adversity, but also a tragedy involving the slaughter of millions and the extinction of numerous distinct peoples.Suggest category is History Colonial. Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Author’s Note Introduction: All Christendom will here have Refreshment and Gain Part I: The Conquest of Mexico 1 The March 2 The Kidnap 3 The Night of Sorrow 4 The Siege 5 The Besieging 6 Gold — The Castration of the Sun Part II: The British in Tasmania 7 The Bones of King Billy 8 The Black Crows 9 The Black War 10 The Conciliator 11 The Last Tasmanian Part III: The Dispossession of the Apache 12 The Tiger of the Human Species 13 The Enemy and the People 14 America's Greatest Guerrilla Fighter 15 Gerónimo — The Last Renegade 16 The Caged Tiger Part IV: The Germans in South West Africa 17 A Freshly Slaughtered Goat 18 A Darkness That May Be Felt 19 A Place in the Sun 20 The Empire Builders 21 Cruelty and Brutality 22 Never Must We Allow the Negroes to Prevail 23 They Built No Houses and Dug No Wells Select Bibliography General The Conquest of Mexico The British In Tasmania The Dispossession of the Apache The Germans in South West Africa Notes Introduction: All Christendom mil here have refreshment and gain i The March 2 The Kidnap 3 The Night of Sorrow 4 The Siege 5 The Besieging 6 Gold — The Castration of the Sun 7 The Bones of King Billy 8 The Black Crows 10 The Coruiliator 11 The Last Tasmanian 12 The Tiger of the Human Spedes 14 America's Greatest Guerrilla Fighter 15 Gerónimo — The Last Renegade 16 The Caged Tiger 20 The Empire Builders 23 They Built No Houses and Dug No Wells Index En beretning om fire episoder av imperialistisk erobring utført av europeiske nasjoner: erobringen av Mexico, den britiske nedslaktingen av de tasmanske urinnvånerne, fordrivingen av Apachene og den tyske kampanjen mot stammene iSørvest-Afrika. Fortellingen beskriver den prosessen der innfødte stammefolkble overvunnet og i noen tilfeller utryddet, dessuten erobrernes intellektuelle og moralske fornuftsgrunnlag og den ofte utrolige heroismen blant de erobrede. Har litteraturliste