Dark Vanishings: Discourse on the Extinction of Primitive Races, 1800-1930

256 Pages·2003·11.12 MB·English

by  Patrick Brantlinger

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Contents
Acknowledgments IX
1-IntroducAtbioorni:g iMnaatlt ers 1
2.P re-DarwiTnhieaonr ioents h eE xtinctoifo n
PrimitRiavcee s 17
VanishAimnegr icans 4
3· 5
HumanitarCiaauns eAsn:t islaavnedr y
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SaviAnbgo riginals 68
TheI riFsahm ine 94
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6.T heD usko ft heD reamtime 117
7 IslanodfDs e atahn dt heD evil 141
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8. Darwiann dA fter 164
9 ConclusiWohni:tT ew ilights 189
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Notes 201
WorkCsi ted 22
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Index 4
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Acknowlgmeednts
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variopuasr otfst hibso okm,o res tudeanntdsc olleahgauvehese lped
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AmoveT,o ddA verPyu,m imaB oseE,l leBnr antliEnvgaeC rh,e mi­
avskJyo,h Ena kiJno,n athEalnm eTro,m F ostReirc,h aHridg giRnes­,
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moreS,y lvia PambJoaunkeiStao nr,e nseSnt,e vWea tta,n dP erry
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wherIeg avaen a ccouonftt he" firasntd l asTta"s maniaanv se;r sion
oft hilsa treera ppeairnhe idas n dB hikhPua rekcho'lsl ecTthieDo en­
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FenimoCroeo per"'sse ntimernatcailsa mtt" h eU niverosfiM toyn ­
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siotfVy i ctoGertitay,s Cboulrlgae ngtdeh ,Ce i tUyn iveorfNs eiwty
Yorikn1 99h9e aarndrd e spotnoed aerdl y ovfet rhcsehi aopntse r on
thIer iFsamhi nIe ;a pprtehmceai nahyte el pqfuuels tainocdno sm ­
menItr se ceiIav mea dl.gs roa tteoJf uudlJi othhn sHtiolnFaerr,ay s er,
antdh oet hoerrg anoiftz heAeru ssa tlrasViiacnt oSrtiuadAnis esso ci­
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naalc opoyfm yl etcutroep ublbiustthh ,ea yc cepitnesdta se haodr t
accooufnp tr e-Darwiniant heeix dteiansoc ftpa irboionmu itt ive
racmeys ;t hgaotn ok st fhoedrmo isnog.
Theraerm ea noyt hetrosmo-a noyt heorrsm -ef tthoa nikn,­
cludJianngCi acre lMiasrlJyee ,aC no rbDeetitr,D darvei d, Gaurav
DesRaeig,ie Gana gnier, AnneG eHruhJmaoprshdee Cprhhysr,sti ,o ­
pheKre eJpo,h Knu ciCcahr,o Mliytnc hDeolnlaR,la dn dJaolhln,
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futloB erniKee ndler satnaodffC f ot rhneUe nlilv ePrrseifstosyr
thepiart iaennedcd ei teoxrciealll ence.
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Introduction
1.
AborigMiantatle rs
henc ivinlaitsiecodon msie n tcoo ntwaictbtha rbarians the
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struigsg lseehx ocrwethp,et r dee aacd lliym gaitvieeta ssit dot hnea ­
tirvaec Seo,w "r iDtaersw iintn h see ctoin"o tnh eex tinocft ion
racienTsh "De e scoernMta( n1 9H0i)s. aciocsno eum naotnf ITy o:m
thlea 1t7e0 o0nSa, n e normloiutse rhaabtseu erdnee vottoe dt he
"dooomf"" p rimriatcicevaseu" s bey"d f aitmapla wcittw"hh ite,
Westecrni viliWzhaitlDieao rnVka.n isghsii nncluedviedse nce
abopuotp ulaotifin odnisg enouasr oputenhwodeop rlalendsad b out
thter ahgsiitco orfti heesdi erc imaittpisro inmsfaco,ru iysos n t haes ­
sumptainotdnh se otrhiaaertso seex ptltoah iodnse ec imations.
Extindcitsiscoeoin us sr pae cbirfiacno cfth hd eu aild eoloofg ies
imperiaanldri ascmi s"md-iass icvfureorm atitooun s,Fe"o u­
caultdeiramni nLoilkOoerg iye.n taanoldti hsvemer r soifro ancsi sm,
idto enso t rtehsep ebcotu onfdd iasrciieopsrtl hicenu elsth ueirra­l
archoifhe isga hn ldo wi;n stietaf udoin,sw d h ereavnwedhr e never
EuropeawnhsiA tmaeen rdi ecnacnoseu rneitdn digpeenoopuAls e s.
remarkfaaetbulorefee x tindcitsicooinusi r tussne oi rfmiatcyr oss
othiedre olfouagliltci anwleh sa:t etvheedrii rs agreheummeanntis­,
tarimainsss,i osncaireinegtsoi,vs etrsn,om ffeinctie axlpsl,o rers,
colonistsj,o uirssnotnalsodl,vi eelriss,t s,w eraienn d bpaoseitcs
agreeambeonutt i ntehveid tiasbalpep eoafsr oamonerac lepl r imi­
tirvaec Tehsim.sa ssainvrdea rqeuleys tcioonnseedmn asdueesx -
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DarVakn ishings
tincdtiisocnoe uxrtsreep moetleywn otr,k iinnegx orabltyh et oward
very ouiottftc eoomnpe p osed.
Understood and somaest inmeecsfe ross csoeaclrieyab lr ated
progrtehdsees m,i s"es aovfat gherroyu"gt hhwoeou rtal ldis nos pired
mourniinnm ga;nv ye rsicoenlse,b raantmdio ounr nairnfegu sed.
Thef useixopnr eass seenst imreanctiaslm , foeervx iadmepinlnte ,,
JamFeensi moCroeo peLre'ast hersntoovcecklhisan,rg a ctoefr istic
thlei teroaftt hunere ewas n edm ergniantgi oni-nNs otraAttmhee sr ­
icAau,sa tlrNieaw,Z ealaannSddo ,u Atfhcr aia,n adl osfmo u cwhr it­
inagb otuhtSe o uPtahc iIfinc .ta hlelps lea caesws e,la lsi n Latin
Ameraincsdao mpea rotfAs s itaha,ed veonfEt u ropmeeaansnstt e ep
decliinin nedsi gpeonpouulsa Otnieoo ftn hse. mainfo trch aeussee s
declwiannseo smt y estriovuiso:l enacrege,e, n woacrTifhdeoe t.h er
maicna udsies,e tahsoeuj,gu has set v idweanssto ,m ewmhyastt eri­
ousb,e caiutsdsee adolpye rawteironeno yste wte luln dersItno od.
manayc couatn htiscr,ad u se took prveicoeladenenddnci cese ­ over
easOeft.e vni ewaesd mtahieon re vesno clae utsheti,hs i frcadt or
wass avage cnuosmtaodmiwssa:amr r,fe s,u persitniftainotni,c ide,
human saccarninfiicbeSa,al viasgmie.nrs yh,o wratsfr, e quently
treaatsse e-dle fnxgtuiisThhiefnn agt.a osfay u tgoe-nocoirrd aec ial
suiciiasdn ee x trveemres oifbo lna mtihnvegi ctwihmi,tc hhr ough­
outth lea tshtr ceeen tuhrahisee lsp teord a tioonroa cliczlteuh dee
genocaisdpaeolcfE t usr opceoannq uaencsdo tl onization.
Anyc ombinaotfsi aovnac gues tocmosu lidm pal yt emporal
limitp-rtihmeip taisvtpe a asnsdvi enrgtsh euc si viplriezseaednn dt
ftuurbee-yownhdi cthh otsrea pipnes du cchu stcoomsu ld not
progrNeastsuh.ri aslt oarni"dar nasscc ei enfrtiosmt sC"a rLli nv­on
naeaunsGd e orBgueffsot nh rough dDoawtrnoWw oirnWl adr I hIi ­
erarcthhireza ecwdei stt,hh w eh iEtuer,o pGeearnm,a onrAi ncg,l o­
Saxroanca ett hpei nnapcrloeg aronefcds i sv iliaznadt "itdohaner, k
racreasn"g beedn eiaittnv h a ridoeugsro efie nsf erTihoetr eimtpyo.­
rahli aerrcohrly i -maistsigpnriinmgir taictveoaes tfuureplaessts­
reinfotrhvceee dr tsipcaatlhi,ia elr aTrhceha yn.t hropJool­ogist
hannFeaisba wnr iotfte hs"e d enoifca ole nveaslts ot" h oisdee ntified
asp rimiotrsi avveea.T g'h ete r"mS toAgneea" p pltiome odd eAruns ­
traloirBa unssh mieasnn o bvieoxuasm ptlhieel: l utshicaoetnr tain
peoprlaecsoe,rcs u,l turuensa btalosre pe e akp rtehsaeen nfudtt ure
tenosfhe iss tioisrm yp liintc hiet wporridmsai ntsdia vveaw ghei,c h
meaanr chbaeilca,et veeddne, a tdot hper esoern tmt ohdee rn.