Violence and Visibility in Modern History
Despite the claims of Steven Pinker and others, violence has remained a historical constant since the Enlightenment, even though its forms and visibility have been radically transformed. Accordingly, the studies gathered here recast debate over violence i
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10.1057/9781137378699 - Violence and Visibility in Modern History, Edited by Jürgen Martschukat and Silvan Niedermeier
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VIOL E NCE A N D VISI BI L I T Y MODE R N H ISTORY
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10.1057/9781137378699 - Violence and Visibility in Modern History, Edited by Jürgen Martschukat and Silvan Niedermeier
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VIOL E NCE A N D VISI BI L I T Y MODE R N H ISTORY
VIOLENCE AND VISIBILITY IN MODERN HISTORY
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgments
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List of Contributors
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Violence and Visibility: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives Jürgen Martschukat and Silvan Niedermeier Torture By Any Other Name: Prelude to Guantanamo Colin Dayan
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Part I Visibilities of Crime, Policing, and Punishment 3
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The Visibility of Torture in Nineteenth-Century Case Study Collections Thomas Weitin
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Changing Representations of Scandalous Murders in the United States Bruce Dorsey
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The Power of Indifference: Violence, Visibility, and Invisibility in the New York City Race Riot of 1900 Martha Hodes
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Violence, Visibility, and the Investigation of Police Torture in the American South, 1940–1955 Silvan Niedermeier
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The “Vicarious Play” of Lynching Melodramas: Cinema and Mob Violence in the United States, 1895
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