The last man : a British genocide in Tasmania /
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 specif...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
I.B. Tauris,
2014.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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 society in the destruction of the Aboriginal Tasmanians. Although the introduction of European diseases undoubtedly contributed to the decline of the indigenous population, Tom Lawson shows that Britain supported what was effectively the eth. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 263 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857734723 0857734725 |
