Concentration camps : a very short introduction / Dan Stone.
Concentration Camps: A Very Short Introduction provides a global history of concentration camps, showing the differences and similarities between the various camp systems that have been used in the 20th century. Setting concentration camps, such as those under the Third Reich, against the longer his...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Very short introductions.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Very Short Introductions |
| Summary: | Concentration Camps: A Very Short Introduction provides a global history of concentration camps, showing the differences and similarities between the various camp systems that have been used in the 20th century. Setting concentration camps, such as those under the Third Reich, against the longer history of incarceration, it explains how the ability of the modern state to control populations led to the creation of this extreme institution. Looking at their emergence and spread around the world, this VSI argues that concentration camps serve the purpose, from the point of view of the state in crisis, of removing a section of the population that is perceived to be threatening, traitorous, or diseased. Less |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 0191790109 0198723385 9780191790102 9780198723387 |