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Genocide: An Anthropological Reader

Alexander Hinton (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-631-22354-2
Hardcover
396 pages
January 2002, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Gathers key anthropological and interdisciplinary writings on genocide together for the first time and explores attempts to define genocide.

  • Traces the history of genocide in the 20th century with discussion of the Holocaust, and examples from Bosnia, Cambodia, Africa, and Latin America.

  • Links macrolevel analysis to local-level understandings and lays foundation for a ground-breaking "anthropology of genocide".

  • Includes extensive bibliography of print and electronic resources on genocide.

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