
Genocide
William D. Rubinstein(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 13. September 2024
Book
Hardback
330 pages
978-1-138-14942-7 (ISBN)
Description
Genocide is a topic beset by ambiguities over meaning and double standards. In this stimulating and gripping history, William Rubinstein sets out to clarify the meaning of the term genocide and its historical evolution, and provides a working definition that informs the rest of the book. He makes the important argument that each instance of genocide is best understood within a particular historical framework and provides an original chronology of these distinct frameworks. In the final part of the book he critically examines a number of alleged past and recent genocides: from native Americans, slavery, the Irish famine, homosexuals and gypsies in the Nazi concentration camps, Yugoslavia, Rwanda through to the claims of pro-lifers and anti-abortionists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
663 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-14942-7 (9781138149427)
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Person
William D. Rubinstein is at the University of Aberystwyth and has written The Myth of Rescue: Why the Democracies Could Not Have Saved More Jews from the Nazis (Routledge, 1997).
Content
1. Genocide in History. 2. Genocide in Pre-Modern Societies. 3. Genocide in the Colonial Age, 1492-1914. 3. Genocide in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-79. 5. Genocide in the Era of Ethnic Cleansing and Third World Dictators, 1945-2000. 6. Outlawing Genocide and the Lessons of History. Appendix: The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Index.