Genocide and the geographical imagination [[electronic resource] ] : life and death in Germany, China, and Cambodia / / James A. Tyner
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| Autore: |
Tyner James A. <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Genocide and the geographical imagination [[electronic resource] ] : life and death in Germany, China, and Cambodia / / James A. Tyner
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.15/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Genocide - Germany - History |
| Genocide - China - History | |
| Genocide - Cambodia - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Genocide and the geographical imagination |
| ISBN: | 1-280-69979-5 |
| 9786613676771 | |
| 1-4422-0900-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452448903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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