
Examines The Impact The Holocaust Has On Ethnic And Social Groups, Asking Whether The Holocaust Is A Useful Or Destructive Means Of Reading Non-jewish History, Explains The Rise Of The Holocaust As A Process, Charting How Its Importance As A Symbol Has Evolved. Introduction: The Holocaust And Identity Politics -- Cosmopolitanizing The Holocaust: From The Eichmann Trial To Identity Politics -- Considering Holocaust Uniqueness: From Hebrew Peoplehood To The Americanization Of Memory -- Colonialism, Genocide, And Indigenous Rights: America, Australia, And New Zealand -- Uncle Sam's Willing Executioners?: Indigenous Genocide And Representation In The United States -- Australia: Aboriginal Genocide And The Holocaust -- Indigenous History Through The Prism Of The Holocaust: New Zealand Maori -- The Armenian Genocide: The Politics Of Recognition And Denial -- The Armenian Genocide And Contemporary Holocaust Scholarship -- Nanking, The Chinese Holocaust, And Japanese Atomic Victim Exceptionalism -- Serbs, Croats, And The Dismemberment Of Yugoslavia: War And Genocide In The Twentieth Century -- Serbophobia And Victimhood: Serbia And The Successor Wars In Yugoslavia -- Conclusions. David B. Macdonald. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [206]-257) And Index.
Page Count:
261
Publication Date:
2008-01-01
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