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One long night : a global history of concentration camps Cover Image Book Book

One long night : a global history of concentration camps / Andrea Pitzer.

Pitzer, Andrea, (author.).

Summary:

Reveals history of concentration camps from 1890s Cuba to China and North Korea during the Cold War, discussing their use for civilian relocation and exposing their role as dehumanizing sites for political repression that have claimed millions of lives.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316303590
  • ISBN: 0316303593
  • Physical Description: x, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-451) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Sailing to Guant©Øanamo -- Born of generals -- Death and genocide in Southern Africa -- The First World War and the war on civilians -- Gulag rising -- The architecture of Auschwitz -- Increments of evil -- Stepchildren of the gulag -- Echoes of empire -- Bastard children of the camps -- Guant©Øanamo Bay and the world.

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Subject: Internment camps > History > 20th century.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker County Library 365.45 .P692o 2017 (Text) 37814003151744 NON-FICTION Available -

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