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Conquest - 9780195340112

Un libro in lingua di David Day edito da Oxford University Press, 2008

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The history of the human race is one of migration. If one group expands into neighboring territories, then the people already there must be, eradicated, assimilated or forced out. Day (Australian history, La Trobe University, Melbourne and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland) investigates how this process was justified by the conquering people. He has no need to delve into the ancient past; the past four hundred years provide enough examples. Day uses cases from all over the world to give the various ways of staking a claim to a conquered territory from a legal or ancestral right to renaming natural landmarks and towns to creating foundation myths, to simply killing or degrading as much of the native population as possible. Day's concern is not the fact of conquest but how it is justified. He also notes the voices of protest over the centuries, both from those invaded and dissenters among the invaders. This issue is a complex one and Day presents an important overview that does much to emphasize his belief that "we all share a common past and that we will share a common future in our relatively small and interdependent world." Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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