Conquest:how societies overwhelm others
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 288 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780199239344 (UK) 0199239347 (UK) 9780195340112 (US) 0195340116 (US) |
Index Number: | D815 |
CLC: | D815.3 |
Call Number: | D815.3/D245 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-276) and index. Staking a legal claim -- The power of maps -- Claiming by naming -- Supplanting the savages -- By right of conquest -- Defending the conquered territory -- Foundation stories -- Tilling the soil -- The genocidal imperative -- Peopling the land -- The never-ending journey. |