Dark Vanishings : Discourse on the Extinction of Primitive Races, 1800-1930 /

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Patrick Brantlinger here examines the commonly held nineteenth-century view that all "primitive" or "savage" races around the world were doomed sooner or later to extinction. Warlike propensities and presumed cannibalism were regarded as simultaneously noble and suicidal, acceler...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brantlinger, Patrick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Eurocentrism.
Genocide.
Indigenous peoples.
Social Darwinism.
Discrimination & Race Relations.
History.
Literary Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
extinction of primitive people, robert knox, alfred wallace, savage races, nineteenth century racialism, nineteenth century extinction discourse.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Aboriginal Matters
  • 2. Pre-Darwinian Theories on the Extinction of Primitive Races
  • 3. Vanishing Americans
  • 4. Humanitarian Causes: Antislavery and Saving Aboriginals
  • 5. The Irish Famine
  • 6. The Dusk of the Dreamtime
  • 7. Islands of Death and the Devil
  • 8. Darwin and After
  • 9. Conclusion: White Twilights
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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