Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Introduction: Aboriginal Matters 1
5. 2. Pre-Darwinian Theories on the Extinction of Primitive Races 17
6. 3. Vanishing Americans 45
7. 4. Humanitarian Causes: Antislavery and Saving Aboriginals 68
8. 5. The Irish Famine 94
9. 6. The Dusk of the Dreamtime 117
10. 7. Islands of Death and the Devil 141
11. 8. Darwin and After 164
12. 9. Conclusion: White Twilights 189
13. Notes 201
14. Works Cited 223
15. Index 243