Three centuries of conflict in East Timor

"One of the most troubling but least studied features of mass political violence is why violence often recurs in the same place over long periods of time. Douglas Kammen explores this pattern in Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor, studying that region's tragic past, focusing on the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kammen, Douglas Anton, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press [2015]
Colección:JSTOR Open Access monographs.
Genocide, political violence, human rights.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38348846*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : situating recurrent mass violence
  • Contested origins
  • Maubara and the Dutch East India Company
  • Vassalage and violence, 1861-1887
  • The uprising and devastation of 1893
  • High colonialism and new forms of oppression, 1894-1974
  • The end of empire and the Indonesian occupation, 1974-1998
  • Serious crimes and the politics of the past, 1999-2012.