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The American West and the Nazi East : a comparative and interpretive perspective /

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Main Author: Kakel, Carroll P., 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
United States > Territorial expansion.
Indians of North America > Wars.
Indians, Treatment of > United States.
Massacres > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Germany > Territorial expansion.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Europe, Eastern.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Europe, Eastern.
Genocide > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
HISTORY > Native American.
Table of Contents:
  • Empire: national projects of 'space' and 'race'
  • Racial 'othering': 'manufacturing difference'
  • Conquest and expansion: 'obtaining' new 'living space'
  • Colonization: 'peopling' the empire
  • 'Out-group' policy: 'eliminating' the 'natives'
  • War and genocide: 'cleansing' the Lebensraum.