The Cambridge world history of genocide: Volume III: Genocide in the contemporary era, 1914-2020

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 f...

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Contributors: Kiernan, Ben 1953- (Editor) ; Lower, Wendy 1965- (Editor) ; Naimark, Norman M. 1944- (Editor) ; Straus, Scott 1970- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge New York Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2023
In:Year: 2023
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Keywords:
20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.)
Genocide > History
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
General & world history
Genocide & ethnic cleansing
Genozide und ethnische Säuberung
Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Human Rights
Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
Völkermord > Geschichte
Völkermord > Geschichte 1914-2020
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 814 Seiten), Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:978-1-108-76711-8
DOI:10.1017/9781108767118