The origins of genocide
Subtitle: Raphael Lemkin as a historian of mass violence
By: edited by Dominik J. Schaller, Jurgen Zimmerer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780415480260; 9780415851305
Subjects: Historiography; Völkermord; Genocide; Geschichtsschreibung
Description: Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the United Nations 'Genocide Convention', this volume analyses the historical scholarship of the founding figure of the convention, Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

First published 2009.

First issued in paperback 2013.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The origins of genocide : Raphael Lemkin as a historian of mass violence / Dominik J. Schaller and Jürgen Zimmerer; title: Raphael Lemkin and the international debate on the punishment of war crimes (1919-1948) / Daniel Marc Segesser and Myriam Gessler; title: What you see before your eyes : documenting Raphael Lemkin's life by exploring his archival papers, 1900-1959 / Tanya Elder; title: Raphael Lemkin as historian of genocide in the Americas / Michael A. McDonnell and A. Dirk Moses; title: Raphael Lemkin's view of European colonial rule in Africa : between condemnation and admiration / Dominik J. Schalller; title: Raphael Lemkin on the Holocaust / Dan Stone; title: Hostage of politics : Raphael Lemkin on "Soviet genocide" / Anton Weiss-Wendt.