Genocide : a comprehensive introduction
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- ISBN: 9780415486194
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Physical Description:
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xxxiv, 645 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: London, UK ; Routledge, 2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The origins of genocide -- State and empire; war and revolution -- Genocides of Indigenous peoples -- The ottoman destruction of Christian minorities -- Stalin and Mao -- The Jewish holocaust -- Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge -- Bosnia and Kosovo -- Apocalypse in Rwanda -- Psychological perspectives -- The sociology and anthropology of genocide -- Political science and international relations -- Gendering genocide -- Memory, forgetting, and denial -- Justice, truth, and redress -- Strategies of intervention and prevention -- Index. |
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Subject: | Genocide Genocide -- Case studies Genocide -- History |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at University College of the North Libraries.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | HV 6322.7 .J64 2011 (Text) | 58500000436360 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
Thompson Campus Library | HV 6322.7 .J64 2011 (Text) | 58500000376749 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction is the most wide-ranging textbook on genocide yet published. The book is designed as a text for upper-undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a primer for non-specialists and general readers interested in learning about one of humanity’s enduring blights. Fully updated to reflect the latest thinking in this rapidly developing field, this new edition: Provides an introduction to genocide as both a historical phenomenon and an analytical-legal concept, including an extended discussion of the concept of genocidal intent, and the dynamism and contingency of genocidal processes; Discusses the role of state-building, imperialism, war, and social revolution in fueling genocide; Supplies a wide range of full-length case studies of genocides worldwide, each with an accompanying box-text; Explores perspectives on genocide from the social sciences, including psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science/international relations, and gender studies; Considers "The Future of Genocide," with attention to historical memory and genocide denial; initiatives for truth, justice, and redress; and strategies of intervention and prevention. Written in clear and lively prose, liberally sprinkled with over 100 illustrations and maps, and including personal testimonies from genocide survivors, Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction has established itself as the core textbook of the new generation of genocide scholarship.