Resisting genocide : the multiple forms of rescue / editors, Jacques Semelin, Claire Andrieu, Sarah Gensburger ; translated by Emma Bentley and Cynthia Schoch.
Series: CERI series in comparative politics and international studies: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]Copyright date: Ã2013Description: 1 online resource (xix, 539 pages) : maps (black and white).Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190235628 (ebook) :.Uniform titles: Râesistance aux gâenocides. English Subject(s): Genocide -- History -- Congresses | Crimes against humanity -- History -- Congresses | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence -- Congresses | Genocide -- Prevention -- CongressesAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199333493DDC classification: 364.151 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Every genocide in history has been notable for the minority of brave individuals and groups who put their own lives at risk to rescue its would-be victims. Based on three case studies - the genocides of the Armenians, the Jews and the Rwandese Tutsis - this book attempts to make rescue an object of research, while breaking free of the notion of 'Righteous among the Nations'.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Conference proceedings.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Every genocide in history has been notable for the minority of brave individuals and groups who put their own lives at risk to rescue its would-be victims. Based on three case studies - the genocides of the Armenians, the Jews and the Rwandese Tutsis - this book attempts to make rescue an object of research, while breaking free of the notion of 'Righteous among the Nations'.
Description based on print version record.