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Geographies of Violence : Killing Space, Killing Time.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Society and Space SeriesPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, Limited, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526413888
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Geographies of ViolenceDDC classification:
  • 303.609
LOC classification:
  • HM1116
Online resources:
Contents:
GEOGRAPHIES OF VIOLENCE- FRONT COVER -- GEOGRAPHIES OF VIOLENCE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- THE JOY OF KILLING -- CHAPTER 1- THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE VIOLENCE: THE FRIGHTFUL FALLOUT FROM THE GREAT LISBON EARTHQUAKE -- CHAPTER 2- ONCE UPON A TIME, LONG, LONG AGO: THE CESSPITS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT -- CHAPTER 3- PRE-INDUSTRIAL MASS KILLING: THE GIFT OF DEATH FROM ANCIENT ROME TO THE AZTEC EMPIRE -- CHAPTER 4- THE EUROPEAN WAY OF WAR: FROM ABATTOIR CHRISTIANITY TO GODFORSAKEN TOTAL WAR -- CHAPTER 5- ENLIGHTENED KILLING: FROM THE DELICACY OF THE WET GUILLOTINE TO THE DAMP SQUIB OF ELECTROCUTION -- CHAPTER 6- THE ANIMAL SLAUGHTER INDUSTRY: PERFECT CITIES OF BLOOD - PARIS AND CHICAGO -- CHAPTER 7- THE HUMAN SLAUGHTER INDUSTRY: WAR-MACHINES, SPEED-SPACE, AND SHELL SHOCK -- CHAPTER 8- WEAPONIZED AIR: FROM FORCED EUTHANASIA TO MILITARY BALLOONING -- CHAPTER 9- ATMOSPHERIC TERRORISM: EXTERMINATORY AIR CONDITIONING -- CHAPTER 10- BLACK METEOROLOGY: EXPERIMENTAL AIRQUAKES AND LETHAL LANDSCAPES -- CHAPTER 11- FIRESTORMS AND CORPSE MINES: THE OPTIMISM OF IMPRECISION IN INCINERATED CITIES -- CHAPTER 12- CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: A RACE OF OUTCASTS REDUCED TO THE STATUS OF ORDINARY MEN -- CHAPTER 13- THE BUSINESS OF GENOCIDE: DESK MURDERERS AND CALCULATED KILLERS -- STILL DEAD CERTAIN -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Summary: A unique writing style, and comprehensive and international coverage of the history of violence, make this a thought-provoking read for human geographers.
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GEOGRAPHIES OF VIOLENCE- FRONT COVER -- GEOGRAPHIES OF VIOLENCE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- THE JOY OF KILLING -- CHAPTER 1- THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE VIOLENCE: THE FRIGHTFUL FALLOUT FROM THE GREAT LISBON EARTHQUAKE -- CHAPTER 2- ONCE UPON A TIME, LONG, LONG AGO: THE CESSPITS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT -- CHAPTER 3- PRE-INDUSTRIAL MASS KILLING: THE GIFT OF DEATH FROM ANCIENT ROME TO THE AZTEC EMPIRE -- CHAPTER 4- THE EUROPEAN WAY OF WAR: FROM ABATTOIR CHRISTIANITY TO GODFORSAKEN TOTAL WAR -- CHAPTER 5- ENLIGHTENED KILLING: FROM THE DELICACY OF THE WET GUILLOTINE TO THE DAMP SQUIB OF ELECTROCUTION -- CHAPTER 6- THE ANIMAL SLAUGHTER INDUSTRY: PERFECT CITIES OF BLOOD - PARIS AND CHICAGO -- CHAPTER 7- THE HUMAN SLAUGHTER INDUSTRY: WAR-MACHINES, SPEED-SPACE, AND SHELL SHOCK -- CHAPTER 8- WEAPONIZED AIR: FROM FORCED EUTHANASIA TO MILITARY BALLOONING -- CHAPTER 9- ATMOSPHERIC TERRORISM: EXTERMINATORY AIR CONDITIONING -- CHAPTER 10- BLACK METEOROLOGY: EXPERIMENTAL AIRQUAKES AND LETHAL LANDSCAPES -- CHAPTER 11- FIRESTORMS AND CORPSE MINES: THE OPTIMISM OF IMPRECISION IN INCINERATED CITIES -- CHAPTER 12- CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: A RACE OF OUTCASTS REDUCED TO THE STATUS OF ORDINARY MEN -- CHAPTER 13- THE BUSINESS OF GENOCIDE: DESK MURDERERS AND CALCULATED KILLERS -- STILL DEAD CERTAIN -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

A unique writing style, and comprehensive and international coverage of the history of violence, make this a thought-provoking read for human geographers.

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