Darwin’s Savages

‘Powerful, illuminating and perceptive, Darwin’s Savages cuts through the mythologisation and misrepresentation around the brutal subjugation of Patagonia’s Indigenous peoples. Carr deftly examines the legacy of Darwin in this hard-hitting story of colonisation, science, racism and resistance, while weaving in vivid first-hand descriptions and contemporary reportage.’ -- <b>Shafik Meghji, author of <i>Crossed Off the Map</i> and <i>Small Earthquakes</i></b> ‘With graceful, incisive prose and corroborative historical research, Carr walks the reader through the brutal colonisation of the Indigenous peoples of Patagonia, a story too long hidden from history and at the same time heartbreakingly familiar to First Peoples everywhere.’ -- <b>Michelle Good, author of <i>Five Little Indians</i> and <i>Truth Telling</i></b> ‘Blending correspondences, history and lived experiences, this engaging narrative crosses times and places to illuminate the entanglement of Darwin’s ideas with colonialism and racism, and their impact on the Indigenous peoples of Patagonia, then and now.’ -- <b>Agustín Fuentes, Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University, and author of <i>Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You and Sex is a Spectrum</i></b>