Settling for Less : : Why States Colonize and Why They Stop / / Lachlan McNamee.
Why countries colonize the lands of indigenous people Over the past few centuries, vast areas of the world have been violently colonized by settlers. But why did states like Australia and the United States stop settling frontier lands during the twentieth century? At the same time, why did states lo...
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| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A Theory of Settler Colonialism
- 3 Hit the Road, Jakarta: Indonesia’s Colonization of West Papua
- 4 White Australia or White Elephant? Australia’s Failed Colonization of Papua New Guinea and the Northern Territory
- 5 Best Friends Make the Worst Enemies: Demographic Engineering during the Sino-Soviet Split (with Anna Zhang)
- 6 Belt and Road to Nowhere: China’s Ongoing Struggle to Colonize Xinjiang
- 7 Settler Colonialism around the World in the Late Twentieth Century
- 8 Conclusion: Decolonization, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index