| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Studies on war and genocide ; v. 11 |
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War and genocide ; v. 11.
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| Contents |
Tables, Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Massacre and Atrocity in the Ancient and Pre-Modern Eras; Chapter 1. The Origins of Massacres; Chapter 2. Massacre in the Peloponnesian War; Chapter 3. 'The Abominable Quibble'; Chapter 4. The Roman Concept of Massacre; Chapter 5. The High and Late Middle Ages; Chapter 6. A Sea of Blood?; Part II. The Colonial Frontier; Chapter 7. Looking the Other Way; Chapter 8. The Australian Colonial Frontier; Chapter 9. Tactics of Nineteenth-Century Colonial Massacre; Chapter 10. A Blueprint for Massacre |
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Chapter 11. When Massacre AppearsPart III. Contested Narratives; Chapter 12. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; Chapter 13. Stalin's Trap; Chapter 14. The Great Secret; Chapter 15. Spectacular Atrocities; Chapter 16. A Necessary Salve; Chapter 17. A Battle for Perceptions; Part IV. The Dynamics of Modern Massacre and Mass Killings; Chapter 18. Method in Their Madness; Chapter 19. The Algerian War on French Soil; Chapter 20. Wedding Massacres and the War in Afghanistan; Select Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
Massacres and mass killings have always marked if not shaped the history of the world and as such are subjects of increasing interest among historians. The premise underlying this collection is that massacres were an integral, if not accepted part (until quite recently) of warfare, and that they were often fundamental to the colonizing process in the early modern and modern worlds. Making a deliberate distinction between 'massacre' and 'genocide', the editors call for an entirely separate and new subject under the rubric of 'Massacre Studies', dealing with mass killings that are not genocidal |
| Notes |
Papers from an international interdisciplinary symposium held at Newcastle, Australia, September 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Massacres -- History -- Congresses
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Mass murder -- History -- Congresses
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Atrocities -- History -- Congresses
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Atrocities
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Mass murder
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Massacres
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Massaker
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Massenmord
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Kriegsverbrechen
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Gewalt
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dwyer, Philip G., editor.
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Ryan, Lyndall, 1943- editor.
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| LC no. |
2011032765 |
| ISBN |
0857453009 |
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9780857453006 |
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