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UNINA9910783386503321 |
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Autore |
Hinton Alexander Laban |
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Titolo |
Why did they kill? [[electronic resource] ] : Cambodia in the shadow of genocide / / Alex Hinton |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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9786612763052 |
1-282-76305-9 |
1-59875-009-7 |
9780520241789 |
9781417545208 |
1-4175-4520-8 |
0-520-93794-5 |
0-520-24178-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 p.) |
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Collana |
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California series in public anthropology ; ; 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political atrocities - Cambodia |
Genocide - Cambodia |
Cambodia Politics and government 1975-1979 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : in the shadow of genocide -- The prison without walls -- A head for an eye : Disproportionate Revenge -- Power, patronage, and suspicion -- In the shade of Pol Pot's umbrella -- The fire without smoke -- The DK social order -- Manufacturing difference -- The dark side of face and honor -- Conclusion : why people kill. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. Why Did They Kill? is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it, Alexander Hinton focuses on the devastation that took place in Cambodia from April 1975 to January 1979 under the Khmer Rouge in order to explore why mass murder happens and what motivates perpetrators to kill. Basing his analysis on years of investigative work in Cambodia, Hinton finds |
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