Genocide

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Genocide is a topic beset by ambiguities over meaning and double standards. In this stimulating and gripping history, William Rubinstein sets out to clarify the meaning of the term genocide and its historical evolution, and provides a working definition that informs the rest of the book. He makes the important argument that each instance of genocide is best understood within a particular historical framework and provides an original chronology of these distinct frameworks. In the final part of the book he critically examines a number of alleged past and recent genocides: from nativ

Title Genocide : a history / William D. Rubinstein.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Oxon [England] : Routledge
Creation Date 2014
Notes First published 2004 by Pearson Education.
English
Content Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
1 Genocide in history
2 Genocide in pre-modern societies
3 Genocide in the Colonial Age, 1492-1914
4 Genocide in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-79
5 Genocide in the era of ethnic cleansing and Third World dictators, 1945-2000
6 Outlawing genocide and the lessons of history
Appendix: The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Index
Extent 1 online resource (331 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710967705171
MARC RECORDS
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