| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Maps on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-451) and index. |
| Summary |
Reveals the chronological and geopolitical history of concentration camps from 1890s Cuba to the Philippines and southern Africa in the early twentieth century, to the Soviet Gulag and detention camps in China and North Korea during the Cold War. Pitzer discusses their use for civilian relocation and exposing their role as dehumanizing sites for political repression that have claimed millions of lives. --Adapted from publisher description. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Sailing to Guantánamo -- Born of generals -- Death and genocide in Southern Africa -- The First World War and the war on civilians -- Gulag rising -- The architecture of Auschwitz -- Increments of evil -- Stepchildren of the gulag -- Echoes of empire -- Bastard children of the camps -- Guantánamo Bay and the world. |
| Subject |
Concentration camps -- History -- 20th century.
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Detention of persons -- History -- 20th century.
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Concentration camps. (OCoLC)fst00872933
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Detention of persons. (OCoLC)fst00891620
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Global history of concentration camps |
| ISBN |
9780316303590 (hardcover) |
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0316303593 (hardcover) |
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9780316303569 (paperback) |
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0316303569 (paperback) |
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