A Century of Genocide : Utopias of Race and Nation /

Why did the twentieth century witness unprecedented organized genocide? Can we learn why genocide is perpetrated by comparing different cases of genocide? Is the Holocaust unique, or does it share causes and features with other cases of state-sponsored mass murder? Can genocide be prevented? Blendin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weitz, Eric D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Genocide > History > 20th century > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Genocide.
Case studies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface to the New Paperback Edition
  • An Armenian Prelude
  • Introduction .Genocides in the Twentieth Century
  • 1. Race and Nation: An Intellectual History
  • 2. Nation, Race, and State Socialism: The Soviet Union under Lenin and Stalin
  • 3. The Primacy of Race: Nazi Germany
  • 4. Racial Communism: Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge
  • 5. National Communism: Serbia and the Bosnian War
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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