The historiography of genocide: Beyond 'uniqueness' and ethnic competition

Rethinking History

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-142

  Stone, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Generation; Genocide; Holocaust; Identity; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548276186     PISSN: 13642529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13642520410001649769     Document Type: Review

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