The last man : a British genocide in Tasmania
Lawson, Tom2014
Book
Little more than 70 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 ethnic cleansing of Tasmania - particularly in the period of martial law in 1828-1932.
Main title:
The last man : a British genocide in Tasmania / Tom Lawson.
Author:
Imprint:
London : I.B. Tauris, 2014, c2014.London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.©2014.
Collation:
xxi, 263 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780766263
Dewey class:
994.600499159994.6
Language:
English
Subject:
Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Government relations -- History -- 19th centuryAboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th centuryGenocide -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th centuryGreat Britain -- Colonies -- Oceania -- History -- 19th centuryGreat Britain -- Colonies -- Race relationsTasmania -- History -- 1803-1900
BRN:
137594
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -History | HISTORY 994.6 LAWS | Available |