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<p>This book outlines for the first time in a single volume the theoretical and methodological tools for a study of human remains resulting from episodes of mass violence and genocide. Despite the highly innovative and contemporary research into both mass violence and the body, the most significant consequence of conflict ; the corpse; remains absent from the scope of existing research.Why have human remains hitherto remained absent from our investigation, and how do historians, anthropologists and legal scholars, including specialists in criminology and political science, confront these difficult issues? By drawing on international case studies including genocides in Rwanda, the Khmer Rouge, Argentina, Russia and the context of post-World War II Europe, this ground-breaking edited collection opens new avenues of research. Multidisciplinary in scope, this volume will appeal to readers interested in an understanding of mass violence and its aftermath, including researchers in history, anthropology, sociology, law, politics and modern warfare.</p>

Human remains and violence

Human remains and mass violence : methodological approaches / Jean-Marc Dreyfus & Élisbeth Anstett.

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm

The nutshell studies of unexplained death / essays and photography by Corinne May Botz.

284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical table, map, portraits ; 23 cm

Jack the Ripper : the final solution / Stephen Knight.

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 21 cm

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Homicide - history

Catalogue

Human remains and mass violence : methodological approaches / Jean-Marc Dreyfus & Élisbeth Anstett.

The nutshell studies of unexplained death / essays and photography by Corinne May Botz.

Jack the Ripper : the final solution / Stephen Knight.

Poison : a social history / Joel Levy.

Murder, mayhem and music hall : the dark side of Victorian London / Barry Anthony.

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Homicide - history

Catalogue

Human remains and mass violence : methodological approaches / Jean-Marc Dreyfus & Élisbeth Anstett.

The nutshell studies of unexplained death / essays and photography by Corinne May Botz.

Jack the Ripper : the final solution / Stephen Knight.

Poison : a social history / Joel Levy.

Murder, mayhem and music hall : the dark side of Victorian London / Barry Anthony.

Wellcome Collection

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