Format:
Online-Ressource (385 p.)
ISBN:
9780520241787
Series Statement:
California Series in Public Anthropology v.11
Content:
Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. Why Did They Kill? is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it, Alexander Hinton focuses on the devastation that took place in Cambodia from April 1975 to January 1979 under the Khmer Rouge in order to explore why mass murder happens and what motivates perpetrators to kill. Basing his analysis on years of investigative work in Cambodia, Hinton finds parallels between the Khmer Rouge and the Nazi regimes. P
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Timeline; List of Personages; Foreword; Introduction: In the Shadow of Genocide; PART ONE: THE PRISON WITHOUT WALLS; Preamble; 1. A Head for an Eye: Disproportionate Revenge; 2. Power, Patronage, and Suspicion; 3. In the Shade of Pol Pot's Umbrella; PART TWO: THE FIRE WITHOUT SMOKE; Preamble; 4. The DK Social Order; 5. Manufacturing Difference; 6. The Dark Side of Face and Honor; Conclusion: Why People Kill; Note on Transliteration; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520937949
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520241794
Additional Edition:
Print version Why Did They Kill? : Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
