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Genocide and the geographical imagination : life and death in Germany, China, and Cambodia /
This groundbreaking book brings an important spatial perspective to our understanding of genocide through a fresh interpretation of Germany under Hitler, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, and China's Great Leap Forward famine under Mao. James A. Tyner's powerful analysis of these horrifying...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Ã2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This groundbreaking book brings an important spatial perspective to our understanding of genocide through a fresh interpretation of Germany under Hitler, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, and China's Great Leap Forward famine under Mao. James A. Tyner's powerful analysis of these horrifying cases provides insight into the larger questions of sovereignty and state policies that determine who will live and who will die. Specifically, he explores the government practices that result in genocide and how they are informed by the calculation and valuation of life-and death. A geograp. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 181 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1442209003 9781442209008 9781442208995 1442208996 1280699795 9781280699795 9786613676771 6613676772 |