Rivers of blood, rivers of gold: Europeś conquest of indigenous peoples

"The past five centuries have witnessed a shocking series of confrontations between European nations and millions of indigenous peoples - encounters that resonate strongly to this day. Focusing on four such collisions around the world, Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold illuminates the true global...

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Main Author: Cocker, Mark 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Grove Press 2000
Edition:1. American ed.
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Summary:"The past five centuries have witnessed a shocking series of confrontations between European nations and millions of indigenous peoples - encounters that resonate strongly to this day. Focusing on four such collisions around the world, Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold illuminates the true global impact of imperialism." "He brings to light the high rates of indigenous population decline, often underestimated by previous histories. Cocker also shows how the Europeans in each instance used similar rationalizations to justify their actions, providing a look at the psychology behind imperialism and its many atrocities. By comparing such geographically diverse encounters, he enables the reader to grasp the fundamental experiences and trends that underlay colonial expansion." "Even as he reveals this history of disturbing acts, however, Cocker resists the easy truths that Westerners were complete villains. He demonstrates, for example, that intertribal conflicts often led natives to support the Western forces against their enemies, and that many indigenous people carried out similarly brutal atrocities against their tribal enemies."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XVI, 416 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0802116663

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