Format:
XXI, 814 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9781108487078
Series Statement:
The Cambridge world history of Genocide / general editor: Ben Kiernan, Yale University volume 3
Content:
Volume III examines the most well-known century of genocide, the twentieth century. Opening with a discussion on the definitions of genocide and 'ethnic cleansing' and their relationships to modernity, it continues with a survey of the genocide studies field, racism and antisemitism. The four parts cover the impacts of Racism, Total War, Imperial Collapse, and Revolution; the crises of World War Two; the Cold War; and Globalization. Twenty-eight scholars with expertise in specific regions document thirty genocides from 1918 to 2021, in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The cases range from the Armenian Genocide to Maoist China, from the Holocaust to Stalin's Ukraine, from Indonesia to Guatemala, Biafra, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda, and finally the contemporary fate of the Rohingyas in Myanmar and the ISIS slaughter of Yazidis in Iraq. The volume ends with a chapter on the strategies for genocide prevention moving forward
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Law
Keywords:
Völkermord
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Geschichte
;
Völkermord
;
Geschichte 1914-2020
DOI:
10.1017/9781108767118
Author information:
Naimark, Norman M. 1944-
Author information:
Kiernan, Ben 1953-
Author information:
Lower, Wendy 1965-
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