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A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust & Denial in the Americas 1492 to the Present
Ward Churchill has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues in North America. Here, he explores the history of holocaust and denial in this hemisphere, beginning with the arrival of Columbus and continuing on into the present.He frames the matter by examining both "revisionist" denial of the nazi-perpatrated Holoc...more
Paperback, 531 pages
Published
January 1st 2001
by City Lights Publishers
(first published January 1st 1997)
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What a hoot! I found this thing in the dollar bin at a local bookseller, and wondering what all the fuss was about – the scandal that would eventually get him prised from his appointment in one of those trans-disciplinary back-waters – I picked it up. I can’t honestly say that I read it from cover to cover, since it was clear after about 25 pages that I’d just wasted a buck, but skimming was enough to get the gist, which is that Churchill is stunningly ignorant concerning the European conquest...more
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Ward Churchill brings a necessary interpretation of Native American history to the fields of both American Indian studies and U.S. history. This is an underpraised book, even if awkwardly constructed. His writing is heavy, and laden with footnotes, which probably could have been arranged in a way that made the material less cumbersome, but his approach and argument are unique--even if vitriolic. Specifically, he makes linkeages between topics which are needed but underemployed. Broadening the di...more
I've seen this character on TV and he's a physically huge giant who goes out of his way to bully people, then whine that his free speech has been impeded. But look -- he denies the Holocaust. My father was in the out fit that liberated Dachau and he told me eyeball to eyebally that the death camps existed. He saw it himself. Men, women and little children worked down to skeletons, wearing ragged striped overshirts and baggy pants, degraded and dehumanized. My father did more than cry -- he ...more
Excellent read. As a Native person it helped me to understand the unanswered, why, what, where, and who questions I carried inside me from the time I was a very small boy. It was nice to see that we do have a history albeit ours is that which most would have us believe is insignificant, irrelevent and worthless.
Just today (03/20/2011) I read an article in the Hawaii StarAdvertiser newspaper with a story out of the Montana/South Dakota area on how many people there are baffled as to why ...more
Just today (03/20/2011) I read an article in the Hawaii StarAdvertiser newspaper with a story out of the Montana/South Dakota area on how many people there are baffled as to why ...more
Ward Churchill has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues in North America. Here, he explores the history of holocaust and denial in this hemisphere, beginning with the arrival of Columbus and continuing on into the present.
He frames the matter by examining both "revisionist" denial of the nazi-perpatrated Holocaust and the opposing claim of its exclusive "uniqueness," using the full scope of what happened in Eur...more
He frames the matter by examining both "revisionist" denial of the nazi-perpatrated Holocaust and the opposing claim of its exclusive "uniqueness," using the full scope of what happened in Eur...more
This collection of essays is an invaluable documentation of the disturbing lengths to which we will go to deny histories of systematic extermination, most notably the protracted genocide of American Indians. As he diligently contextualizes Columbus, the history of the term genocide and Nazi Holocaust denial and Jewish exclusivism, churchill argues the multiple ways in which the analogy between what is now the big 'H' Holocaust and the American holocaust is sound, and vital to understand the sev...more
Perfect for brushing up on the extensive documentation of genocide in North America. Important work if you want to thoroughly neutralize a denier. This and Raphael Lemkin's "Axis Rule in Occupied Europe" (Lemkin coined the term genocide), are perfect for shoring up your own confidence about what genocide means and that, yes, terribly, it has happened over and over throughout human history.
This book is about 150 pages too long. It's filled with too much of Churchill's patented bluster and general big-mouthery. His comparison of the colonization of North America and Palestine is strong, however.
The book is generally pretty dry. Lots of facts and figures. Given the contraversy surrounding Ward Churchill's scholrship I don't really know where to place it. It was an interesting read and provided a lot of perspective to the events that occurred in the are from 1500-1750, a period of time that even in Indian Country is generally less known because of the scarcity of tribes that remain from the NorthEast. The more current data is very heavy. General trends are certainly known and the fr...more
Genocide is not a word that most people would even consider in relation to American indigenous people. That is likely because few give much thought to the history of the "western hemisphere" from anything but the perspective of "discovery" and "the New World". Churchill offers an alternative viewpoint which has created a good deal of controversy within academic discussion, being dismissed outright by some and diminished by others. While this book is not an easy r...more
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Churchill's critique of the UN genocide convention is very interesting.
"All those idiots who say 'never again' / should look to where it all began" - Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, The Alamo
this isn't my favorite churchill text. the introduction is good, great in fact, but what follows is a collection of essays on the american holocaust. the low point is that there are a lot of repetitions throughout the book. if you read the intro, you get the majority of what follows. i'm glad i read it, but i ended up skimming most of it - again - lots of repetition.
This book is rubbish. He probably didn't even write it.
Should be taught to every college freshman, if not in high school civics.
One of the most powerful, challenging, well-documented, lucid and kick-ass books I've read. If you think you know American History, and haven't read this book, you're only looking at the tip of the atrocity iceberg.
Even though he is brilliant, I can't get through most of Ward's writing. It is REALLY academic. But this one fascinated me so much that I even got through on a greyhound bus. Good shit.
This book is really heavy and I have to read it in small doses. I've learned a lot from it and there are tons of annotations and footnotes to get more info if needed.
The author in may instances repeats himself which is why the book is so bulky. I wanted to enjoy the book but Churchill's style is so repetative that it's impossible
Very informative. The information in this book will change your view of the start of America. You will never want to celebrate Columbus Day ever again.
a great, great book tracing how the US has downplayed the genocide of native americans and breaks down the politics in determining what constitutes genocide
if the title of this book sounds extreme to you, then you need to read it.
Another view of the the last couple of centuries in North America.
Why we should never complain. Ever.
Yep, that'll do.
you should read this.
absolutely devastating. exhaustively researched and cross-referenced. this book will rip america's founding myths from their proud place in your psyche.
Sara Lynott
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