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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779205403321

Autore

Tyner James A. <1966->

Titolo

Genocide and the geographical imagination [[electronic resource] ] : life and death in Germany, China, and Cambodia / / James A. Tyner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, 2012

ISBN

1-280-69979-5

9786613676771

1-4422-0900-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Disciplina

364.15/1

Soggetti

Genocide - Germany - History

Genocide - China - History

Genocide - Cambodia - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Ch01. The Spatiality of Life and Death; Ch02. The State Must Own Death: Germany; Ch03. Starving for the State: China; Ch04. Normalizing the State: Cambodia; Ch05. Everyday Death and the State; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking book brings an important spatial perspective to our understanding of genocide through a fresh interpretation of Germany under Hitler, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, and China's Great Leap Forward famine under Mao. James A. Tyner's powerful analysis of these horrifying cases provides insight into the larger questions of sovereignty and state policies that determine who will live and who will die. Specifically, he explores the government practices that result in genocide and how they are informed by the calculation and valuation of life-and death. A geograp