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Author:

Klose, Fabian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009123462

Title:

Human rights in the shadow of colonial violence : the wars of independence in Kenya and Algeria / Fabian Klose ; translated by Dona Geyer.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xvii, 369 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Human rights--Kenya.
Human rights--Algeria.
Kenya--History--Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.
Algeria--History--Revolution, 1954-1962.
Great Britain--Colonies--Africa.
France--Colonies--Africa.

Notes:

English translation of Menschenrechte im Schatten kolonialer Gewalt: die Dekolonisierungskriege in Kenia und Algerien 1945-1962, published in 2009 by Oldenbourg. Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-351) and index.

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.

Series:

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

ISBN:

0812244958
9780812244953

OCLC:

(OCoLC)819641597

LCCN:

2012045108

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)