Steven T. Katz (Boston University)

The Holocaust and New World Slavery 2 Volume Hardback Set

A Comparative History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Holocaust is regularly compared to other historical events in order to make comparisons that deny its uniqueness. This study claims the opposite. Those interested in comparative history, philosophy, slavery, African-American studies, women's studies, and the Holocaust will find this book to be essential reading.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1000
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 211mm x 58mm
• Gewicht: 1994g
• ISBN-13: 9781108415088
• ISBN-10: 1108415083
• Artikelnr.: 55733766

Autorenporträt

Steven T. Katz received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and now holds the Slater Chair in Holocaust Studies at Boston University. He is on the academic committee of the United States Holocaust Museum and served for seven years as Academic Advisor to the 31 countries belonging to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Katz writes on the Holocaust, Jewish history, philosophy, and comparative mysticism and edits the award-winning journal Modern Judaism. His books include the prize-winning Holocaust in Historical Context (1994).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Understanding black slavery in the New World
2. The middle passage
3. Considering slave demography in the New World
4. Reproduction and miscegenation
5. Breeding
6. The conditions of bondage
7. The conditions of bondage: beyond basic necessities
8. Manumission
9. American slave law
10. Black slavery and the Holocaust: comparing the fate of women and children
11. German labor needs and the murder of Jewish men and women
12. Devaluing Jewish labor
13. Rape and Rassenschande during the Holocaust
14. Murdering Jewish children.