Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index.
Contents:
The joy of killing -- The best of all possible violence : the frightful fallout from the great Lisbon earthquake -- Once upon a time, long, long ago : the cesspits of the enlightenment -- Pre-industrial mass killing : the gift of death from ancient Rome to the Aztec empire -- The European way of war : from abattoir Christianity to godforsaken total war -- Enlightened killing : from the delicacy of the wet guillotine to the damp squib of eletrocution -- The animal slaughter industry : perfect cities of blood -- Paris and Chicago -- The human slaughter industry : war machines, speed space, and shell shock -- Weaponized air : from forced Euthanasia to military ballooning -- Atmospheric terrorism : exterminatory air conditioning -- Black meteorology : experimental airquakes and lethal landscapes -- Firestorms and corpse mines : the optimism of imprecision in incinerated cities -- Capital punishment : a race of outcasts reduced to the status of ordinary men -- The business of genocide : desk murderers and calculated killers -- Still dead certain.
Summary:
We experience violence all our lives, from that very first scream of birth. It has been industrialized and domesticated. Our culture has not become accustomed to all violence, to be sure; but enough violence, nonetheless: more than enough, perhaps. Geographies of Violence is a critical human geography of the history of violence, from Ancient Rome and Enlightened wars through to natural disasters, animal slaughter, and genocide. Written incredible insight and flair, this is a thought-provoking text for human geography students and researchers alike.
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