Human rights in the shadow of colonial violence : the wars of independence in Kenya and Algeria /
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia : |
Publication Dates: | [2013] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: |
English German |
Edition: | First edition. |
Series: |
Pennsylvania studies in human rights
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Item Description: | English translation of Menschenrechte im Schatten kolonialer Gewalt: die Dekolonisierungskriege in Kenia und Algerien 1945-1962, published in 2009 by Oldenbourg. |
Carrier Form: | xvii, 369 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780812244953 (hardback) : 0812244958 |
Index Number: | JC599 |
CLC: |
D741.524 K424.4 K415.5 D742.424 |
Call Number: | D742.424/K663 |
Contents: | Introduction -- The new world order, 1941-1948 -- Contested decolonization, 1945-1962 -- The legitimation of colonial violence -- The unleashing of colonial violence -- The international discourse on human rights as marked by the wars of decolonization -- Conclusion. |