, to see if you have full access to this publication.
Book Titles No access
Genocide and the Geographical Imagination
Life and Death in Germany, China, and Cambodia
Authors:
Publisher:
2012
Summary
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 geographical perspective on genocide highlights that mass violence, in the minds of perpetrators, is viewed as an effective—and legitimate—strategy of state building. These three histories of mass violence demonstrate how specific states articulate and act upon particular geographical concepts that determine and devalue the moral worth of groups and individuals. Clearly and compellingly written, this book will bring fresh and valuable insights into state genocidal behavior.
Keywords
Search publication
Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-0898-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-0900-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
182
Product type
Book Titles
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Contents No access
Illustrations No access
Preface and Acknowledgments No access
Ch01. The Spatiality of Life and Death No access Pages 1 - 32
Ch02. The State Must Own Death: Germany No access Pages 33 - 80
Ch03. Starving for the State: China No access Pages 81 - 110
Ch04. Normalizing the State: Cambodia No access Pages 111 - 152
Ch05. Everyday Death and the State No access Pages 153 - 164
