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Heading off the revolution

How settler colonialism reshaped the world
by
November 2021, no. 437

The World Turned Inside Out: Settler colonialism as a political idea by Lorenzo Veracini

Verso, $29.95 pb, 309 pp

Heading off the revolution

How settler colonialism reshaped the world
by
November 2021, no. 437

It is now well accepted that the invasion and colonisation of the Indigenous territories we call ‘Australia’ are emblematic of a particular type of colonialism. A settler colony, unlike, say, an extractive colony (where Indigenous peoples may be exploited in pursuit of resources but where permanent settlement does not necessarily follow), seeks to establish a new society on an acquired territory (regardless of the means by which that territory was acquired), intentionally displacing and eliminating the Indigenous inhabitants. In settler colonial societies, the settler came to stay.

Sarah Maddison reviews 'The World Turned Inside Out: Settler colonialism as a political idea' by Lorenzo Veracini

The World Turned Inside Out: Settler colonialism as a political idea

by Lorenzo Veracini

Verso, $29.95 pb, 309 pp

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