Ethnische Säuberungen in der Moderne. Globale Wechselwirkungen nationalistischer und rassistischer Gewaltpolitik im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert

• Main Author: Schwartz, Michael (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: De Gruyter 2013
• Series: Quellen und Darstellungen zur Zeitgeschichte
• Subjects: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; persecution; forced emigration; genocide
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Ethnic "cleansing" is the dark side of modern democratization and the formation of nation states. Beginning in the 19th century, the Balkans and colonies outside Europe became the laboratories for this form of national problem solving. After 1914 these instruments of violence struck back o...