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The Holocaust as Colonial Genocide : Hitler's 'Indian Wars' in the 'Wild East' / by C. Kakel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kakel, C., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genocide--Sociological aspects.
- Genocide.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Europe--History.
- Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- History, Modern.
- European History.
- History of World War II and the Holocaust.
- Modern History.
- Local Subjects:
- European History.
- History of World War II and the Holocaust.
- Modern History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (115 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2013.
- Summary:
- Based on an exploration of both pre-Nazi and Nazi theory and practice, Pete Kakel challenges the dominant narrative of the murder of European Jewry, illuminating the Holocaust's decidedly imperial-colonial origins, context, and content in a book of interest to students, teachers, and lay readers, as well as specialist and non-specialist scholars.
- Contents:
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Map
- Note on Terminology
- Introduction: Explaining the Holocaust
- 1. Pre-Nazi Discourse: Racial Imperialism
- 2. Pre-Nazi Praxis: Imperial-Colonial Models
- 3. Nazi Discourse: Colonial Fantasies of 'space" and "Race"
- 4. Nazi Praxis: Colonial War and Genocide
- Conclusion: Accounting for the Holocaust
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349483037
- 1349483036
- 9781137391698
- 1137391693
- OCLC:
- 862050201
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