Extremely violent societies : mass violence in the twentieth-century world /

"Violence is a fact of human life. This book trace the social roots of the extraordinary processes of human destruction involved in mass violence throughout the twentieth century. Christian Gerlach shows that terms such as 'genocide' and 'ethnic cleansing' are too narrow to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gerlach, Christian, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Violence > History > 20th century.
Violence > Social aspects.
Violence > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Violence > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Violence
Violence > Social aspects
Kollektive Gewalt
Våld > historia > 1900-talet.
Våld > sociala aspekter.
Gewalt > Politik.
Aufstand > Bekämpfung.
Armenier > Völkermord > Geschichte 1894-1923.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: extremely violent societies
  • Participatory violence. A coalition for violence: mass slaughter in Indonesia, 1965-66
  • Participating and profiteering: the destruction of the Armenians, 1915-23
  • The crisis of society. From rivalries between elites to a crisis of society: mass violence and famine in Bangladesh (East Pakistan), 1971-77
  • Sustainable violence: strategic resettlement, militias and 'development' in anti-guerrilla warfare
  • What connects the fate of different victim groups? The German occupation and Greek society in crisis
  • General observations. The ethnization of history: the historiography of mass violence and national identity construction
  • Conclusions.

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