| Description |
1 online resource : maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
California series in public anthropology ; 11
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California series in public anthropology ; 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : in the shadow of genocide -- The prison without walls -- A head for an eye : Disproportionate Revenge -- Power, patronage, and suspicion -- In the shade of Pol Pot's umbrella -- The fire without smoke -- The DK social order -- Manufacturing difference -- The dark side of face and honor -- Conclusion : why people kill. |
| Summary |
Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. Why Did They Kill? is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it, Alexander Hinton focuses on the devastation that took place in Cambodia from April 1975 to January 1979 under the Khmer Rouge in order to explore why mass murder happens and what motivates perpetrators to kill. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979.
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Cambodia. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1975-1979 |
| Subject |
Political atrocities -- Cambodia.
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Political atrocities. |
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Genocide -- Cambodia.
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Genocide. |
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War Crimes. |
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Cambodia. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hinton, Alexander Laban. Why did they kill?. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005 0520241789 0520241797 (DLC) 2004009189 (OCoLC)55016144 |
| ISBN |
9780520937949 (electronic book) |
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0520937945 (electronic book) |
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1417545208 (electronic book) |
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9781417545209 (electronic book) |
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1598750097 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9781598750096 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780520241787 |
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0520241789 (Trade Cloth) |
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9780520241794 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520241797 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520241797 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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