Teaching the violent past : history education and reconciliation /
During an armed conflict or period of gross human rights violations, the first priority is a cessation of violence. For the cease-fire to be more than a lull in hostilities and atrocities, however, it must be accompanied by a plan for political transition and social reconstruction. Essential to this...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : In cooperation with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs,
c2007.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=634826 |
| Summary: | During an armed conflict or period of gross human rights violations, the first priority is a cessation of violence. For the cease-fire to be more than a lull in hostilities and atrocities, however, it must be accompanied by a plan for political transition and social reconstruction. Essential to this long-term reconciliation process is education reform that teaches future generations information repressed under dictatorial regimes and offers new representations of former enemies. In Teaching the Violent Past, Cole has gathered nine case studies exploring the use of history education to promote. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 345 p.) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461643975 146164397X 9780742551428 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742551423 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742551435 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0742551431 (pbk. : alk. paper) |