On Settler Colonialism in Canada: Lands and Peoples by David ... - 9781779400659

On Settler Colonialism in Canada: Lands and PeoplesAuthor(s): David MacDonald, Emily Grafton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Regina Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Regina Press\nISBN-13: 9781779400659, 978-1779400659\nSynopsis\nAn unflinching examination of the impacts of settler colonialism from first contact to the contemporary nation state. \n\nOn Settler Colonialism in Canada: Lands and Peoples is the first installment in a comprehensive collection investigating settler colonialism as a state mandate, a structuring logic of institutions, and an alibi for violence and death. The book examines how settler identities are fashioned in opposition to nature and how eras of settler colonialism have come to be defined. Scholars and thinkers explore how settlers understood themselves as servants of empire, how settler identities came to be predicated on racialization and white supremacy, and more recently, how they have been constructed in relation to multiculturalism.\n.