"Most cultural and legal codes agree that the intentional killing of civilians, whether in peacetime or war, is prohibited. This is the norm of civilian immunity, widely considered to be a fundamental moral and legal principle. Yet despite this fact, the deliberate killing of la…
Most cultural and legal codes agree that the intentional killing of civilians, whether in peacetime or war, is prohibited. This is the norm of civilian immunity, widely considered to be a fundamental moral and legal principle. Yet despite this fact, the deliberate killing of lar…
"Most cultural and legal codes agree that the intentional killing of civilians, whether in peacetime or war, is prohibited. This is the norm of civilian immunity, widely considered to be a fundamental moral and legal principle. Yet despite this fact, the deliberate killing of la…
On November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship Zong commanded his crew to throw overboard one-third of his cargo: a shipment of Africans bound for slavery in America. This book examines the deplorable killings on the Zong, the lawsuit that ensued, and how the murd…
"1939-1943, the Nazi imperial utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of Eastern Europe, whose inhabitants were displaced, enslaved and murdered. This book examines for the first time the institutions and individuals behind this, revealing an aspect of Nazism often o…
"1939-1943, the Nazi imperial utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of Eastern Europe, whose inhabitants were displaced, enslaved and murdered. This book examines for the first time the institutions and individuals behind this, revealing an aspect of Nazism often o…
"1939-1943, the Nazi imperial utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of Eastern Europe, whose inhabitants were displaced, enslaved and murdered. This book examines for the first time the institutions and individuals behind this, revealing an aspect of Nazism often o…
"1939-1943, the Nazi imperial utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of Eastern Europe, whose inhabitants were displaced, enslaved and murdered. This book examines for the first time the institutions and individuals behind this, revealing an aspect of Nazism often o…
"1939-1943, the Nazi imperial utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of Eastern Europe, whose inhabitants were displaced, enslaved and murdered. This book examines for the first time the institutions and individuals behind this, revealing an aspect of Nazism often o…
This is a cross-cultural study of sites that represent painful and/or shameful episodes in a national or local community's history, and the ways that government agencies, heritage professionals and the communities themselves seek to remember, commemorate and conserve these cases…
In 'The Chinese Annals of Batavia, the Kai Ba Lidai Shiji and Other Stories (1610-1795)' Leonard Blussé and Nie Dening open up a veritable treasure trove of Chinese archival sources about the autonomous history of Chinese Batavia. The main part of this study is devoted to the an…
