 Academics often apply Braudel's underlying logic of the "longue durée" to examine settler colonialism, an imperialistic style of colonization with a fixation on land, not resources.The notion, as outlined by historians, is supported by the claim that Manifest destiny, the impetus to American imperialism, resulted in the large-scale devastation and destruction of Indigenous peoples in the Americas.Minerva Campion details the nuances of a "longue durée" view of Amazonian colonization.