The 1990-92 Massacres in Rwanda: A Case of Spatial and Social Engineering?

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 396-419

  Verwimp, Philip ^a,b  

^a SOLVAY S A   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genocide; Massacres; Pastoralism; Rwanda; Social engineering; State

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; COLONIZATION; ETHNIC CLEANSING; ETHNIC CONFLICT; GENOCIDE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PASTORALISM; RATIONALIZATION; SOCIAL HISTORY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

RWANDA;

BOS;

EID: 79959382967     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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