War, Violence, and Population Making the Body Count

by Tyner, James A.; Philo, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781606230381
• ISBN10: 1606230387
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-03
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Grounded in theory and research, this book offers a spatial perspective on how and why populations are regulated and disciplined by mass violence—and why these questions matter for scholars concerned about social justice. James Tyner focuses on how states and other actors use acts of brutality to manage, administer, and control space for political and economic purposes. He shows how demographic analyses of fertility, mortality, and migration cannot be complete without taking war and genocide into account. Stark, in-depth case studies provide a powerful and provocative basis for retheorizing population geography.

Winner--AAG Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography

Author Biography

James A. Tyner is Professor of Geography at Kent State University. His research interests include mass violence, war, and social justice. The author of numerous books, articles, and book chapters, he is the recipient of the Glenda Laws Award from the Association of American Geographers, among other honors.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Journeys from the Killing Fields

Making the Body Count

Death and the Erasure of Space

Spaces of Unnatural Violence

Population and Peace Education

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