Colonial and modern genocide: Explanations and categories

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-115

  Palmer, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Conflict; Genocide; Modern; Societal genocide; State

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CULTURAL HISTORY; ETHNIC CONFLICT; GENOCIDE; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

EID: 0031859794     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014198798330115     Document Type: Article

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