The Last Man: A British Genocide in Tasmania by Lawson, Tom - 2014

London, England: London, UK: I B Tauris & Co., 2014, 1st Edition, First Printing , 2014. -----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 263 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, ---"Little more than seventy years after the British settled Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) in 1803, the indigenous community had been virtually wiped out. Yet this genocide at the hands of the British is virtually forgotten today. The Last Man is the first book specifically to explore the role of the British government and wider British society in this genocide. It positions the destruction as a consequence of British policy, and ideology in the region. Tom Lawson shows how Britain practised cultural destruction and then came to terms with and evaded its genocidal imperial past. Although the introduction of European diseases undoubtedly contributed to the decline in the indigenous population, Lawson shows that the British government… Read More

Paperback. Very Good.

I.B. Tauris, 2014-03-27. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations.

hardcover. New. Brand New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New. By exploring the memory of destruction, The Last Man provides the first comprehensive picture of the British role in the destruction of the Tasmanian Aboriginal population.