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Author:   Georgina Lucas
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.495kg
ISBN:  

9781526147318

ISBN 10:   1526147319
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   26 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction: ‘What order will you set down for the massacre?’ Part I: The language of massacre 1 The meaning of massacre: etymology and semantics 2 The rhetoric of massacre: witnessing atrocity Part II: Massacres and the State 3 Massacre from above: the foundation and maintenance of states 4 Massacre from below: usurpation and assassination Part III: Massacres and warfare 5 Massacres from without: genocide and sack 6 Massacres from within: war crimes and civil war Conclusions -- .

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Georgina Lucas is a Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at Edinburgh Napier University.

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