The Killing of Cambodia: Geography, Genocide and the Unmaking of Space
Between 1975 and 1978, the Khmer Rouge carried out genocide in Cambodia unparalleled in modern history. Approximately 2 million died - almost one quarter of the population. Taking an explicitly geographical approach, this book argues whether the Khmer Rouge's activities not only led to genocide, but also terracide - the erasure of space. In the Cambodia of 1975, the landscape would reveal vestiges of an indigenous pre-colonial Khmer society, a French colonialism and American intervention. The Khmer Rouge, however, were not content with retaining the past inscriptions of previous modes of production and spatial practices. Instead, they attemp…
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- ISBN: 978-1-351-88720-5
- EAN: 9781351887205
- Produktnummer: 25436368
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 220 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 9'463 KB
Über den Autor
James Tyner is Professor of Geography at Kent State University, USA.
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