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Churchill, Ward.

Little matter of genocide : holocaust and denial in the Americas, 1492 to the present holocaust and denial in the Americas, 1492 to the present / by Ward Churchill. - San Francisco : City Lights Books, 1997. - xix, 531 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-506) and index.

Introduction : encountering the American holocaust : the politics of affirmation and denial -- Assaults on truth and memory : holocaust denial in context -- Lie for lie : linkages between holocaust deniers and proponents of the "uniqueness of the Jewish experience in World War II" -- Deconstructing the Columbus myth : was the "great discoverer" Italian or Spanish, Nazi or Jew? -- Genocide in the Americas : landmarks from North and South America, 1492-1992 -- "Nits make lice" : the extermination of North American Indians, 1607-1996 -- Cold War impacts on Native North America : the political economy of radioactive colonization -- The United States and the Genocide Convention : the saga of an outlaw state, 1948-1988 -- Defining the unthinkable : towards a viable understanding of genocide.

ISBN: 0872863239 ( 9780872863231

LCCN: 96009668

Nat. Bib. No.: B9842232

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indians, Treatment of--History.--North America
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Genocide--History.--North America
Indiens--Relations avec l'État.--Amérique du Nord
Génocide--Histoire.--Amérique du Nord
Génocide - Amérique du Nord - Histoire.
Indiens - Amérique du Nord - Relations avec l'État.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Race relations.
North America--Politics and government.
États-Unis--Relations interethniques.
USA
États-Unis - Relations interethniques.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Collection of essays.

LC Class. No.: PN2287 / .D32

Dewey Class. No.: 970.004/97