Settler Colonialism
An Introduction

This book is an excellent introduction to a very fruitful and relevant theoretical perspective on colonialism, capitalism, and oppression. It is a bit too activistic towards the end for my tastes, not because it is wrong but because it hurts the argumentation somewhat, due to a lack of nuance and qua......more

One of the more invigorating conceptual and analytical developments in my field in the last few years has been the growth in work that highlights the distinctiveness of settler colonialism. It has produced a much more nuanced focus on the power dynamics of that set of colonies where settlers arrived......more

A very insightful and comprehensive introduction to settler colonialism. Englert has an excellent understanding of the subject, and is easily able to demonstrate its internal processes, present implications, and what the struggles against it mean. As Englert says, texts like these cannot provide a b......more

I’ve almost reached a recent examination of the issues surrounding the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Prior works include Theodor Herzl’s The Jewish State, Mahmoud Darwish’s Journal of an Ordinary Grief, and Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Message. Throughout all these texts, I’ve had a nagging suspicion that t......more

very readable intro to contemporary analysis of settler colonialism. somewhat marxist in orientation and more amenable to reading the global history of racial stratification along the lines of ted allen, ignatiev, the fields, etc. it has good juxtaposition of the historical differences in latin amer......more