Genocide
Subtitle: the systematic killing of a people
By: Linda Jacobs Altman.
Edition: Rev. and expanded.
Series: Issues in focus today
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780766033580
Subjects: Genocide -- History -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: "Examines the history of genocide throughout the world, including the Holocaust, and explores the definition of the term, the importance of bearing witness, and the necessary steps to prevent genocide in the future"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-123) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Night of Broken Glass; title: Genocide : a history of atrocity; title: The war against Native Americans; title: The Armenian genocide; title: Forced famine in Ukraine; title: The Holocaust; title: Non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust; title: The killing fields of Cambodia; title: Genocide in a changing world; title: Facing genocide in the new millennium; title: Toward diversity and tolerance.