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American memories : atrocities and the law / by Joachim J. Savelsberg and Ryan D. King.
LIBRA HM1027.U6 S38 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Savelsberg, Joachim J., 1951-
- Series:
- Rose series in sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Collective memory--United States.
- Collective memory.
- Atrocities--United States.
- Atrocities.
- War crimes--United States.
- War crimes.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 238 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2011.
- Contents:
- Introduction : how Maurice Halbwachs died and how we remember him
- From law to collective memory : breaking cycles of violence?
- What the literature tells us, and unchartered terrain
- Constructing and remembering the My Lai massacre (with Rajiv Evan Rjan and Lacy Mitchell)
- From Vietnam to Iraq : bridging metaphors, mnemonic struggles, and haunting (with Jeremy Minyard)
- Slobodan Milosevic through lenses of law, diplomacy, and media reporting (with Courtney Faue and Yu-Ju Chien)
- The shape of American memories and a German comparison
- From collective memory to law : theoretical interlude
- How Aamerican memory shapes hate crime law and a German comparison
- Commemorating injustice and implementing hate crime law across jurisdictions in the United States
- Conclusions : atrocities, law and collective memory in America and beyond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780871547361
- 0871547368
- 9781610447492
- 1610447492
- OCLC:
- 731009514
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