5HG102 · 7,5 hp · Grundnivå

Imperier, modernitet och massvåld

Reading list valid from spring 2026

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Required reading

  • The colonial world: a history of European empires, 1780s to the present

    Verified edition

    Aldrich, Robert; Stucki, Andreas · Bloomsbury Academic · 2023

    ISBN 9781350092402 · print

    pp. 17–40

    As written on the list

    Aldrich, Robert; Stucki, Andreas, The colonial world: a history of European empires, 1780s to the present, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2023 (pp. 17–40)

  • Political violence in twentieth-century Europe

    Verified edition

    Bloxham, Donald, Europe in the World: Systems and Cultures of Violence, Ingår i: · Cambridge University Press · 2011

    ISBN 9780521182041 · print

    pp. 11–39

    As written on the list

    Bloxham, Donald, Europe in the World: Systems and Cultures of Violence, Ingår i: Political violence in twentieth-century Europe, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011, s. ix, 258 p. (pp. 11–39)

  • The great game of genocide

    Verified edition

    Bloxham, Donald, Prologue: Eastern Questions, Nationalist Answers, Ingår i: · Oxford University Press · 2005

    ISBN 9780199273560 · print

    pp- 29–68

    As written on the list

    Bloxham, Donald, Prologue: Eastern Questions, Nationalist Answers, Ingår i: The great game of genocide, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005, s. xiv, 329 p. (pp- 29–68)

  • The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism. Volume 2, Nationalism's Fields of Interaction / Cathie Carmichael, Matthew D'Auria, and Aviel Roshwald

    Verified edition

    Ebru, Boyar, Nations and Nationalism in the Late Ottoman Empire, Ingår i:

    ISBN 9781108551458 · e-book

    pp. 24–42

    As written on the list

    Ebru, Boyar, Nations and Nationalism in the Late Ottoman Empire, Ingår i: The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism. Volume 2, Nationalism's Fields of Interaction / Cathie Carmichael, Matthew D'Auria, and Aviel Roshwald, uuuu-uuuu (pp. 24–42)

  • Empires of Violence: Massacre in a Revolutionary Age

    Uncertain edition

    Dwyer · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 2025

    chap. 1 (pp. 13–22) and chap. 5 (115–36).

    Possible editions:

    • 9781350538658 1st ed. 2025 · Bloomsbury Academic
    • 9781350538634 2025 · Bloomsbury Academic

    No store links – the book has no reliable ISBN.

    As written on the list

    Dwyer, Empires of Violence: Massacre in a Revolutionary Age, London, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2025 (chap. 1 (pp. 13–22) and chap. 5 (115–36).)

  • Savage Wars of Peace

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    Dwyer, Philip; Nettelbeck, Amanda · 2018

    ISBN 9783319629230

    pp. 1–24

    No store links – the book has no reliable ISBN.

    As written on the list

    Dwyer, Philip; Nettelbeck, Amanda, Savage Wars of Peace, 2018 (pp. 1–24)

  • Journal of genocide research.

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    Dwyer, Philip; Lyndall, Ryan, Massacre in the Old and New Worlds, c.1780–1820, Ingår i:

    pp. 111–15

    As written on the list

    Dwyer, Philip; Lyndall, Ryan, Massacre in the Old and New Worlds, c.1780–1820, Ingår i: Journal of genocide research., 15:2 (pp. 111–15)

  • The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End

    Verified edition

    Gerwarth, Robert · Straus and Giroux · 2017

    ISBN 9780374537180 · print

    pp. 1–15; 101–152; 171–198

    As written on the list

    Gerwarth, Robert, The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017 (pp. 1–15; 101–152; 171–198)

  • A cultural history of violence in the the age of empire

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    Gordon, Michelle, Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection, Ingår i: · Bloomsbury Academic · 2025

    ISBN 9781350140448 · print

    pp. 89–106.

    As written on the list

    Gordon, Michelle, Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection, Ingår i: A cultural history of violence in the the age of empire, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025, s. xiii, 251 pages (pp. 89–106.)

  • Genocide: a comprehensive introduction

    Verified edition

    Jones, Adam · fjärde upplagan · Routledge · 2024

    ISBN 9781032028101 · print

    135–59

    As written on the list

    Jones, Adam, Genocide: a comprehensive introduction, Fourth edition, London, Routledge, 2024 (135–59)

  • The Ottoman Empire

    Verified edition

    Kia, Mehrdad. · Greenwood Press · 2008

    ISBN 9780313344411 · e-book

    chap. 1–2; 3–8

    As written on the list

    Kia, Mehrdad., The Ottoman Empire, Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 2008 (chap. 1–2; 3–8)

  • The Oxford history of the British Empire. Volume III, The nineteenth century [electronic resource] / Andrew Porter, editor ; editor-in-chief, Wm. Roger Louis

    Verified edition

    Kubicek, Robert, British Expansion, Empire, and Technological Change, Ingår i:

    ISBN 9780191542404 · e-book

    pp. 247–269

    As written on the list

    Kubicek, Robert, British Expansion, Empire, and Technological Change, Ingår i: The Oxford history of the British Empire. Volume III, The nineteenth century [electronic resource] / Andrew Porter, editor ; editor-in-chief, Wm. Roger Louis, uuuu-uuuu (pp. 247–269)

  • A history of modern Europe

    Verified edition

    Merriman, John M. · fjärde upplagan · W.W. Norton & Company · 2019

    ISBN 9780393667363 · print

    chapters 12 ‘The French Revolution’, chapter 13 ‘Napoleon and Europe’, pp. 435–512, and chapter 21 ‘The Age of Imperialism’, pp. 826–872

    As written on the list

    Merriman, John M., A history of modern Europe, Fourth edition., New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2019 (chapters 12 ‘The French Revolution’, chapter 13 ‘Napoleon and Europe’, pp. 435–512, and chapter 21 ‘The Age of Imperialism’, pp. 826–872)

  • Debating genocide

    Uncertain edition

    Pine, Lisa · Zed Books · 2018

    pp. 15–50

    No store links – the book has no reliable ISBN.

    As written on the list

    Pine, Lisa, Debating genocide, Zed Books, 2018 (pp. 15–50)

  • A cultural history of violence in the the age of empire

    Verified edition

    Thomas, Martin, Technologies of Violence, Ingår i: · Bloomsbury Academic · 2025

    ISBN 9781350140448 · print

    pp. 167–86

    As written on the list

    Thomas, Martin, Technologies of Violence, Ingår i: A cultural history of violence in the the age of empire, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025, s. xiii, 251 pages (pp. 167–86)

  • Wars of imperial conquest in Africa, 1830-1914

    Verified edition

    Vandervort, Bruce · UCL Press · 1998

    ISBN 9781857284867 · print

    pp. 185–208

    As written on the list

    Vandervort, Bruce, Wars of imperial conquest in Africa, 1830-1914, London, UCL Press, 1998 (pp. 185–208)

  • History workshop journal.

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    Wagner, Kim A., Savage Warfare: Violence and the Rule of Colonial Difference in Early British Counterinsurgency, Ingår i:

    217–37

    As written on the list

    Wagner, Kim A., Savage Warfare: Violence and the Rule of Colonial Difference in Early British Counterinsurgency, Ingår i: History workshop journal., 85/1 (217–37)

  • The Cambridge History of War

    Uncertain edition

    Wawro, Geoffrey, War, Technology, and Industrial Change, 1850–1914, Ingår i: · Cambridge University Press · 2012

    pp. 45–68

    No store links – the book has no reliable ISBN.

    As written on the list

    Wawro, Geoffrey, War, Technology, and Industrial Change, 1850–1914, Ingår i: The Cambridge History of War, Cambridge University Press, 2012 (pp. 45–68)

  • The wars before the Great War

    Verified edition

    Üngör, Uğur Ümit , Mass violence against civilians during the Balkan Wars, Ingår i: · Cambridge University Press · 2015

    ISBN 9781107063471 · print

    pp. 76–91

    As written on the list

    Üngör, Uğur Ümit , Mass violence against civilians during the Balkan Wars, Ingår i: The wars before the Great War, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, s. xi, 378 pages (pp. 76–91)

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