Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction

Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction

By Adam Jones, Ph.D.
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Publishers
Forthcoming 2006

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See also the complete Table of Contents for Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction.

Introduction

| Why study genocide? | What this book tries to do, and why | Acknowledgments |

Chapter 1: The Origins of Genocide

| Genocide in prehistory, antiquity, and early modernity | Naming genocide: Raphael Lemkin |
Defining genocide: The UN Convention | Bounding genocide: Comparative genocide studies |
Contested cases | Is genocide ever justified? |

Chapter 6: The Jewish Holocaust

| Introduction | Origins | The turn to mass murder | Debating the Holocaust |

| Ordering Information | Text Excerpts | Table of Contents |
| Bibliography | Filmography | Teachers' Resources |
| Links | Genocide: A Personal Journey | Mailing List |

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