How has human response to genocide evolved over time? What effect has it had on our understanding of the cause and consequences of genocide? Spanning 2,800 years of human history, A Cultural History of Genocide offers the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of genocide from ancient times to the present day. With six highly illustrated volumes all written by leading scholars, this is the definitive reference work on the subject of genocide.
Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The six volumes cover: 1. - Ancient World (800 BCE - 800 CE); 2. - Middle Ages (800 - 1400); 3. - Early Modern World (1400 - 1789); 4. - Long Nineteenth Century (1789 - 1914); 5. - Era of Total War (1914 - 1945); 6. - Modern World (1945 - present).
Themes (and chapter titles) are: Responses to Genocide; Motivations and Justifications for Genocide; Genocide Perpetrators; Genocide Victims; Genocide and Memory; Consequences of Genocide; Representations of Genocide; Causes of Genocide.
The page extent for the pack is approximately 1,720 pp with c. 240 illustrations. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index.
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Genocide is part of The Cultural Histories series. Titles are available as hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a tangible reference for their shelves or as part of a fully-searchable digital library. The digital product is available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access via www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com . Individual volumes for academics and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also available in print or digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com .
Volume 1: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Ancient World
Edited by Tristan Taylor, University of New England, Australia
1. Causes, Charlie Trimm
2. Motivations and Justifications, David Konstan
3. Perpetrators, Shawn Kelley
4. Victims, Richard J. G. Evans
5. Responses, David John Colwill
6. Consequences, Kathy L. Gaca
7. Representations, Clemens Koehn
8. Memory, Sarah Lawrence
Volume 2: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Middle Ages
Edited by Melodie H. Eichbauer, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
1. Causes of Genocide: Distorted Reflections in the Mirror of the Middle Ages, Jonathan Elukin
2. Motivations and Justifications for Genocide: Forced Migration and Persecution as Imperial Policy in the Byzantine World, 550–1200, Edward M. Schoolman
3. Genocide Perpetrators: Early Middle Ages, David Bachrach and Bernard S. Bachrach
4. Genocide Victims: The Cleansing of Impurity, Kenneth Stow
5. Responses to Genocide: Coercion and Marginalization of Jews and Muslims in Gratian's Decretum, Anna Sapir Abulafia
6. Consequences of Genocide: Muslim Responses to the Crusades, Alexander Mallett
7. Representations of Genocide: Slaughter, Expulsion, and Enslavement in the Crusades to the Holy Land, Alan V. Murray
8. Genocide and Memory: An Unlikely Case Study, Piotr Górecki
Volume 3: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Early Modern World
Edited by Igor Pérez Tostado, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
1. Causes, Eamon Darcy
2. Motivations and Justifications, H. E. Braun
3. Perpetrators, Habtamu Tegegne
4. Victims, Bindu Malieckal
5. Responses, Igor Pérez Tostado
6. Consequences, Christophe Giudicelli
7. Representations, David El Kenz
8. Memory, Bartolomé Clavero
Volume 4: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Long Nineteenth Century
Edited by David Meola, University of South Alabama, USA
1. Causes, Lauren Faulkner Rossi
2. Motivations and Justifications, Adam Jones
3. Perpetrators, Stefanie Kunze and Alex Alvarez
4. Victims, Ashley Riley Sousa
5. Responses, Dean Pavlakis
6. Consequences, Adam A. Blackler
7. Representations, Cathie Carmichael
8. Memory, Jermaine O. McCalpin
Volume 5: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Era of Total War
Edited by Elisa von Joedon-Forgey, Stockton University, USA
1. Causes, Elisa von Joeden-Forgey
2. Motivations and Justifications, Ugur Ümit Üngör
3. Perpetrators, Paul R. Bartrop
4. Victims, Krista Hegburg
5. Responses, Hannibal Travis
6. Consequences, Henry C. Theriault
7. Representations, Jessica A. Evers
8. Memory, Khatchig Mouradian
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Modern World
Edited by Deborah Mayersen, University of New South Wales Canberra, Australia
1. The Causes of Genocide, Stephen McLoughlin
2. Motivations and Justifications for Genocide Since 1945, Maureen S. Hiebert
3. The Age of the Perpetrator, Kjell Anderson
4. Victims of Genocide, Deborah Mayersen
5. Responses to Genocide, Carrie Booth Walling
6. Consequences of Genocide, Wendy Lambourne
7. Representations of Genocide in Literature and Art, Jane M. Gangi
8. Genocide and Memory, Bridget Conley
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly:
- Antiquity
- The Medieval Age
- The Early Modern Age
- The Age of Enlightenment
- The Age of Empire
- The Modern Age
The subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated.
Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
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A Cultural History of Hair
“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.”
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“The set is a good introduction to the study of peace and encourages looking at world history in a new way.”
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A Cultural History of Theatre
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“A highly contemporary work, alert to politics, social theory and sexuality.”
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“Students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here.”
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A Cultural History of Work
“[Programs] such as economics, American and world history, women’s studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein.”
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