Table of Contents

Prologue; 1. Staking a Legal Claim; 2. The Power of Maps; 3. Claiming by Naming; 4. Supplanting the Savages; 5. By Right of Conquest; 6. Defending the Conquered Territory; 7. Foundation Stories; 8. Tilling the Soil; 9. The Genocidal Imperative; 10. Peopling the Land; 11. The Never-ending Journey; Endnotes; Select Bibliography; Index

Reviews

Day has an unfailing eye for vivid, arresting detail... he has a genius for comparison, and brilliantly secretes implicit morals inside apparently dispassionate facts. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, TLS Wide ranging and vigorously written...concise and strongly- argued... a clear and stimulating read. BBC History Magazine. Jeremy Black.

Day has an unfailing eye for vivid, arresting detail... he has a genius for comparison, and brilliantly secretes implicit morals inside apparently dispassionate facts. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, TLS Wide ranging and vigorously written...concise and strongly- argued... a clear and stimulating read. BBC History Magazine. Jeremy Black.