500:(who studied and discussed Livy's history of Rome and other writings discussed in Chapter 1), Kiernan ties them and their understanding of those writings to the Elizabethan policies of the conquest of Ireland. Also discussed are how those policies were based on race, land, and ideology, as exemplified by men such as
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Tasmania. The chapter also includes discussion of the conflicting land use cultures of the British and the Aboriginal population; the consequences of ending Aboriginal land management practices; and the role of concepts of race and land in the settler culture, with references to the writings of
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Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists in Southeast Asia from 1590 to 1800, along with illustrations of the major themes of the book related to those events. Within this chapter are two sections on Cambodia, before and after 1600; and one section
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grant was later taken over by
Gilbert's half-brother, Sir Walter Ralegh. Kiernan then describes how concepts of land and ideology played a role in the ensuing colonization of North America, followed by documentation of the eradication of
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genocides. The book won the 2008 gold medal for the best book in
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569:in New South Wales, and the
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410:Gregorio de Vargas Machuca
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