In 1944, Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide to describe a foreign occupation that destroyed or permanently crippled a subject population. In this tradition, Empire, Colony, Genocide embeds genocide in the epochal geopolitical transformations of the past 500 years: the European colonization of the globe, the rise and fall of the continental land empires, violent decolonization, and the formation of nation states. It thereby challenges the customary focus on twen… More >>
Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation and Subaltern Resistance in World History
To deliberately wipe out an entire people is what is referred to as ‘Genocide’. “Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History” is a meticulously researched and deftly edited scholarly reference by A. Dirk Moses which provides a history of the genocides which have taken place around the world. Writings and commentaries are drawn from scholars, anthropologists, and historians who speak out at how the practices of genocide have turned many nations into mass murderers ranging from Adolph Hitler’s Nazi Regime and Holocaust, to such lesser known but still world changing events such as Cambodia The Great Rebellion in the Southern Andes, and so many other tragedies. Offering historical insights into humanity’s murderous follies and what causes such harsh actions of repression and attempted extinctions, “Empire, Colony, Genocide” is strongly recommended to community library history collections and any non-specialist general reader with a strong interest in world history.
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