The killing of Cambodia
Subtitle: geography, genocide, and the unmaking of space
By: by James A. Tyner.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780754670964
Subjects: Geopolitics -- Cambodia; Genocide -- Cambodia; Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Description: "Between 1975 and 1978, the Khmer Rouge carried out genocide in Cambodia unparalleled in modern history. Approximately 2 million died - almost one quarter of the population. Taking an explicitly geographical approach, and a starting point that 'geo-graphy' concerns the writing of space, this book suggests that the Khmer Rouge's activities not only led to genocide, but terracide - the erasure of space." "While focusing on Cambodia, the book provides a clearer geographic understanding to genocide in general and insights into the importance of spatial factors in geopolitical conflict."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Imagining genocide; title: Irruptions and disruptions; title: The improbable revolution; title: The un-making of space; title: The placenesses of democratic Kampuchea; title: The political and the subject; title: A political understanding of genocide and justice.