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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464561803321

Autore

Lindqvist Sven <1932-2019.>

Titolo

The dead do not die : "exterminate all the Brutes" and Terra Nullius / / Sven Lindqvist ; with an introduction by Adam Hochschild ; translated by Joan Tate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : The New Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62097-003-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Racism

Racism in literature

Aboriginal Australians - History

Aboriginal Australians - Government relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction; EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES; Preface; To In Salah; An Outpost of Progress; To Ksar Marabtine; Gods of Arms; To Tam; The Friends; To Arlit; Cuvier's Discovery; To Agadez; The Birth of Racism; Lebensraum, Todesraum; To Zinder; Notes; TERRA NULLIUS; To Moorundie; The Secret of the Desert; To Kahlin Compound; The Dead Do Not Die; To Pinjarra; The Smell of White Man; The Ground; Chronology; Bibliography; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

Sven Lindqvist is one of our most original writers on race, colonialism, and genocide, and his signature approach?uniting travelogues with powerful acts of historical excavation?renders his books devastating and unforgettable.Now, for the first time, Lindqvist's most beloved works are available in one beautiful and affordable volume with a new introduction by Adam Hochschild. The Dead Do Not Die includes the full unabridged text of ""Exterminate All the Brutes"", called ""a book of stunning range and near genius"" by David Levering Lewis. In this work, Lindqvist uses