American Holocaust - The Conquest of the New World Only to Order

Zusatztext vivid and relentless ... meticulous analysis ... a devastating reassessment of the Conquest as nothing less than a holy war Informationen zum Autor David E. Stannard is Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii. His previous books include Death in America, Shrinking History: On Freud and the Failure of Psychohistory, The Puritan Way of Death: A Study in Religion, Culture, and Social Change, and Before the Horror: The Population of Hawaii on the Eve of Western Contact. Klappentext Arguing that the European and white American destruction of the native American people was the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world, Stannard attempts to set the records straight on what befell American Indians over the last five centuries. Zusammenfassung Arguing that the European and white American destruction of the native American people was the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world, Stannard attempts to set the records straight on what befell American Indians over the last five centuries.

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• Authors: Stannard, David E Stannard, David E. Stannard, David E. (Professor of American Studies Stannard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.1994
• EAN: 9780195085570
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508557-0
• No. of pages: 374
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, The Americas, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity