Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust, The: A Comparative History of Persecution (A Modern History of Politics and Violence) - Softcover

Millet, Kitty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472509978 ISBN 13: 9781472509970

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

Synopsis

This book provides a sophisticated investigation into the experience of being exterminated, as felt by victims of the Holocaust, and compares and contrasts this analysis with the experiences of people who have been colonized or enslaved. Using numerous victim accounts and a wide range of primary sources, the book moves away from the 'continuity thesis', with its insistence on colonial intent as the reason for victimization in relation to other historical examples of mass political violence, to look at the victim experience on its own terms. By affording each constituent case study its own distinctive aspects, The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust allows for a more enriching comparison of victim experience to be made that respects each group of victims in their uniqueness. It is an important, innovative volume for all students of the Holocaust, genocide and the history of mass political violence.

About this title

Book Description:

An exploration of the Holocaust victim experience that comparatively contrasts the differing experiences of colonised peoples and slaves in early America.

About the Author:

Kitty Millet is Professor of Holocaust Studies and Comparative Jewish Literatures at San Francisco State University, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1472509978
• ISBN 13: 9781472509970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276