Empires of Violence - Massacre in a Revolutionary Age

Violence was a constant on all colonial frontiers, from the British expansion into the Australian and African continents, to the expansion of the United States and the Napoleonic Empire''s many incursions into Europe. Yet how did the forms of violence perpetrated in these four corners of the world compare? Did the oppression and exploitation of colonized peoples constitute a new form of violence? Or was it the same that Europeans had always used against conquered peoples? In this book, four experts specializing in four different regions of the world come together to interrogate the violence committed against Indigenous peoples between 1780 and 1820. Showing how violence and massacre were a tool at the disposal of the colonizer, and often used to subjugate unruly populations, they examine the changing nature of warfare and killing from both a European and Indigenous perspective. Empires of Violence shows how race, othering and fear were maintained and buoyed by violence, in spite of prevailing discourses on humanitarianism, civilization and progress.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Dwyer, Dwyer Philip, Barbara Alice Mann, Nigel Penn, Penn Nigel, R, Ryan Lyndall
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 02.12.2025
• EAN: 9781350538634
• ISBN: 978-1-350-53863-4
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History: specific events & topics, Europe, HISTORY / Africa / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Colonialism & imperialism, Empires & historical states, Australasian & Pacific history, Colonialism and imperialism, Violence in society, African History, History of the Americas, Australasian and Pacific history, Other Geographical Groupings, Oceans & Seas, Napoleonic Empire, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history