Empires of Violence, 9781350538634
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Conquest’s brutal truth: violence fueled empires across continents and cultures.
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Empires of Violence

massacre in a revolutionary age

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    344 pages

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    1 December 2025

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Summary

Empires of Violence: A Comparative Study of Colonial Frontier Violence, 1780-1820

This comparative, global study of violence on the colonial frontier from 1780 to 1820 looks at four regions of the world: the expansion of Britain into the Australian and African continents, the westward and southern expansion of the United States, and the expansion of France in Europe during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. It seeks to re-think the past oppression and exploitation of colonized p…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350538634
ISBN-10:1350538639
Author:Philip Dwyer, Barbara Alice Mann, Nigel Penn, Lyndall Ryan
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:344
Release Date:1 December 2025
Weight:0g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
About The Author

Philip Dwyer

Philip Dwyer is Emeritus Professor of History at University of Newcastle, Australia, and former Director of the Centre for the History of Violence.

Barbara Alice Mann is Emeritus Professor of Humanities in the Jesup Scott Honors College at the University of Toledo, USA.

Nigel Penn is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Lyndall Ryan was Emeritus Professor of History at University of Newcastle, Australia.

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