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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972736003321

Titolo

Theatres of violence : massacre, mass killing and atrocity throughout history / / edited by Philip G. Dwyer and Lyndall Ryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012

ISBN

9786613591821

9781280496592

1280496592

9780857453006

0857453009

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Collana

Studies on war and genocide ; ; v. 11

Classificazione

NK 1300

Altri autori (Persone)

DwyerPhilip G

RyanLyndall <1943->

Disciplina

303.609

Soggetti

Massacres - History

Mass murder - History

Atrocities - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers from an international interdisciplinary symposium held at Newcastle, Australia, September 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Massacre and atrocity in the ancient and pre-modern eras -- pt. 2. The colonial frontier -- pt. 3. Contested narratives : memory, atrocity and massacre -- pt. 4. The dynamics of modern massacre and mass killings.

Sommario/riassunto

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