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American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World
David E. Stannard
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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 416 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBTZ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
For four hundred years--from the first Spanish assaults against the Arawak people of Hispaniola in the 1490s to the US Army's massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee in the 1890s--the indigenous inhabitants of North and South America endured an unending firestorm of violence. During that time the native population of the Western Hemisphere declined by as many as 100 million people. Indeed, as historian David E. Stannard argues in this stunning new book, the European and white American destruction of the native peoples of the Americas was the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world. ... Read more
For four hundred years--from the first Spanish assaults against the Arawak people of Hispaniola in the 1490s to the US Army's massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee in the 1890s--the indigenous inhabitants of North and South America endured an unending firestorm of violence. During that time the native population of the Western Hemisphere declined by as many as 100 million people. Indeed, as historian David E. Stannard argues in this stunning new book, the European and white American destruction of the native peoples of the Americas was the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
374
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Weight
580g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195085570
SKU
V9780195085570
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About David E. Stannard
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.
Reviews for American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World
highly informative book
Socialist Standard
vivid and relentless ... meticulous analysis ... a devastating reassessment of the Conquest as nothing less than a holy war
Kirkus Reviews
Socialist Standard
vivid and relentless ... meticulous analysis ... a devastating reassessment of the Conquest as nothing less than a holy war
Kirkus Reviews