How has human response to genocide evolved over time? What effect has it had on our understanding of the cause and consequences of genocide? Spanning 2,800 years of human history, A Cultural History of Genocide offers the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of genocide from ancient times to the present day. With six highly illustrated volumes all written by leading scholars, this is the definitive reference work on the subject of genocide.
Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The six volumes cover: 1. - Ancient World (800 BCE - 800 CE); 2. - Middle Ages (800 - 1400); 3. - Early Modern World (1400 - 1789); 4. - Long Nineteenth Century (1789 - 1914); 5. - Era of Total War (1914 - 1945); 6. - Modern World (1945 - present).
Themes (and chapter titles) are: Responses to Genocide; Motivations and Justifications for Genocide; Genocide Perpetrators; Genocide Victims; Genocide and Memory; Consequences of Genocide; Representations of Genocide; Causes of Genocide.
The page extent for the pack is approximately 1,720 pp with c. 240 illustrations. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index.
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Genocide is part of The Cultural Histories series. Titles are available as hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a tangible reference for their shelves or as part of a fully-searchable digital library. The digital product is available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access via www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com .
Individual volumes for academics and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also available in print or digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com .
Volume 1: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Ancient World Edited by Tristan Taylor, University of New England, Australia 1. Causes, Charlie Trimm 2. Motivations and Justifications, David Konstan 3. Perpetrators, Shawn Kelley 4. Victims, Richard J. G. Evans 5. Responses, David John Colwill 6. Consequences, Kathy L. Gaca 7. Representations, Clemens Koehn 8. Memory, Sarah Lawrence Volume 2: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Middle Ages Edited by Melodie H. Eichbauer, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA 1. Causes of Genocide: Distorted Reflections in the Mirror of the Middle Ages, Jonathan Elukin 2. Motivations and Justifications for Genocide: Forced Migration and Persecution as Imperial Policy in the Byzantine World, 550-1200, Edward M. Schoolman 3. Genocide Perpetrators: Early Middle Ages, David Bachrach and Bernard S. Bachrach 4. Genocide Victims: The Cleansing of Impurity, Kenneth Stow 5. Responses to Genocide: Coercion and Marginalization of Jews and Muslims in Gratian's Decretum, Anna Sapir Abulafia 6. Consequences of Genocide: Muslim Responses to the Crusades, Alexander Mallett 7. Representations of Genocide: Slaughter, Expulsion, and Enslavement in the Crusades to the Holy Land, Alan V. Murray 8. Genocide and Memory: An Unlikely Case Study, Piotr Gorecki Volume 3: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Early Modern World Edited by Igor Perez Tostado, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain 1. Causes, Eamon Darcy 2. Motivations and Justifications, H. E. Braun 3. Perpetrators, Habtamu Tegegne 4. Victims, Bindu Malieckal 5. Responses, Igor Perez Tostado 6. Consequences, Christophe Giudicelli 7. Representations, David El Kenz 8. Memory, Bartolome Clavero Volume 4: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Long Nineteenth Century Edited by David Meola, University of South Alabama, USA 1. Causes, Lauren Faulkner Rossi 2. Motivations and Justifications, Adam Jones 3. Perpetrators, Stefanie Kunze and Alex Alvarez 4. Victims, Ashley Riley Sousa 5. Responses, Dean Pavlakis 6. Consequences, Adam A. Blackler 7. Representations, Cathie Carmichael 8. Memory, Jermaine O. McCalpin Volume 5: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Era of Total War Edited by Elisa von Joedon-Forgey, Stockton University, USA 1. Causes, Elisa von Joeden-Forgey 2. Motivations and Justifications, Ugur UEmit UEngoer 3. Perpetrators, Paul R. Bartrop 4. Victims, Krista Hegburg 5. Responses, Hannibal Travis 6. Consequences, Henry C. Theriault 7. Representations, Jessica A. Evers 8. Memory, Khatchig Mouradian Volume 6: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Modern World Edited by Deborah Mayersen, University of New South Wales Canberra, Australia 1. The Causes of Genocide, Stephen McLoughlin 2. Motivations and Justifications for Genocide Since 1945, Maureen S. Hiebert 3. The Age of the Perpetrator, Kjell Anderson 4. Victims of Genocide, Deborah Mayersen 5. Responses to Genocide, Carrie Booth Walling 6. Consequences of Genocide, Wendy Lambourne 7. Representations of Genocide in Literature and Art, Jane M. Gangi 8. Genocide and Memory, Bridget Conley
Paul R. Bartrop is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, USA. He is the author and co-author of several books, including Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans, and Survivors (2016), Encountering Genocide: Personal Accounts from Victims, Perpetrators, and Witnesses (2014) and Genocide: The Basics (2014).
