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Zusatztext "One of this impressive volume's many virtues is the inclusion of little-known cases along with coverage of the twentieth century's mega-genocides by experts from many countries. This is a standout volume in an increasingly crowded field."Dirk Moses, European University Institute, Italy"It is time to further explore genocide in its global scope. This brilliant collection of essays comes right in time: From Siberia to Australia, from Los Alamos to Srebrenica, this volume presents genocide as a phenomenon in its full diversity and its global spread."Alexander Korb, University of Leicester, UK"Using the concept of "genocide" as a broad category of analysis, the essays in this volume address important questions about the history of mass violence around the globe. Revealing the historical, geographical, and ideological variety of genocidal acts — and highly attuned to the complexity of this sensitive subject — the book offers valuable insights into the history of violence and will be useful for researchers and teachers in a wide range of fields."Karl Gunther, University of Miami, USA"...this is an impressive undertaking that provides a comprehensive investigation of genocide in the twentieth century. The selections are probably a bit dense for undergraduate students, but the collection certainly justifies inclusion in a graduate course on the topic of genocide and is an absolute necessity as a resource for anyone who teaches an undergraduate course on the subject. The contributors should be applauded for articulating a theoretical framework that provokes critical inquiry and avoids uncompromising conclusions."Alan Rosenfeld, University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu, World History Connected"This collection of essays brings together some of the best of the established and new voices of comparative genocide studies. By liberating genocide from its narrow legalistic concept and application, the contributors open up new historical and geographical areas to research into population displacement, settler colonialism, state and local mass atrocities and memory and commemoration of genocide and state-sponsored killings. In doing so, it expands our horizons to better recognize the social, economic, political and cultural conditions that make genocide and mass atrocities possible and hopefully work to prevent them."Christopher E. Mauriello, Salem State University, US Informationen zum Autor Cathie Carmichael is Professor of History at the University of East Anglia and has been Head of School since 2012. She is the author and editor of several books including Slovenia and the Slovenes: A Small State in the New Europe (2000) (with James Gow ), Language and Nationalism in Europe (2000) (co-edited with the late Stephen Barbour), Ethnic Cleansing in the Balkans: Nationalism and the Destruction of Tradition (2002) and Genocide before the Holocaust (2009). She is an editor of the Journal of Genocide Research. Richard C. Maguire is Associate Dean for Employability and Senior Lecturer in Public History in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of East Anglia. He has written on the culture of British nuclear policy and now researches public history, focussing on public understandings of African and military history. Klappentext Genocide Studies is a rapidly expanding field, benefiting greatly from global perspectives. Interdisciplinary in style while retaining a clear historical focus, The Routledge History of Genocide looks at much of recorded human history to examine episodes of extreme violence that could be interpreted as genocidal in a sensitive, inclusive and respectful way. Each of the chapters is a newly commissioned state of the art piece, and the contributions cover a range of opinions and perspectives as well as providing accurate reference for the reader. Zusammenfassung The Routledge History of Genocide tak...
