Table of Contents

Introduction: Exploitation and Autonomy

1 Reciprocity and Dispossession: Processes of Transformation

2 Monopoly and Competition: Contests over Indigenous Peoples' Labour and Land

3 Honour and Duplicity: Debts of Rivals, Dreams of an Aristocrat

4 Servitude and Independence: The Settler Colonial "Experiment" Begins

5 Menace and Ally: Proclamation as Provocation

6 Consciousness and Ignorance: New Nation, Old Grievances

Conclusion: Continuity and Change

Notes; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Susan Dianne Brophy is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at St. Jerome's University (federated with the University of Waterloo). She has published in journals including Constellations, European Journal of Political Theory, Labour/Le travail, Law and Critique, and Settler Colonial Studies.

Reviews

In providing this "fundamental rethink" of Marxist analysis, the author has cleared a path that other scholars will surely follow. This is an important book. - James Daschuk, University of Regina (The Western Historical Quarterly)