Why did they kill? : Cambodia in the shadow of genocide / Alexander Laban Hinton.

Publication | Library Call Number: DS554.8 .H56 2005

Series: California series in public anthropology ; 11
California series in public anthropology ; 11.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Hinton, Alexander Laban.
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005
Locale: Cambodia
Language: English
External Link: Table of contents

Physical Description: xxii, 360 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction : in the shadow of genocide
The prison without walls
A head for an eye : disproportionate revenge
Power, patronage, and suspicion
In the shade of Pol Pot's umbrella
The fire without smoke
The DK social order
Manufacturing difference
The dark side of face and honor
Conclusion : why people kill.
ISBN: 0520241789
0520241797 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-349) and index.

Introduction : in the shadow of genocide -- The prison without walls -- A head for an eye : disproportionate revenge -- Power, patronage, and suspicion -- In the shade of Pol Pot's umbrella -- The fire without smoke -- The DK social order -- Manufacturing difference -- The dark side of face and honor -- Conclusion : why people kill.
Subjects: Cambodia--Politics and government--1975-1979.
Political atrocities--Cambodia.
Genocide--Cambodia.
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