Description
Book SynopsisThe Holocaust is one of the most intensively studied phenomena in modern history. The volume of writing that fuels the numerous debates about it is overwhelming in quantity and diversity. Even those who have dedicated their professional lives to understanding the Holocaust cannot assimilate it all. There is, then, an urgent need to synthesize and evaluate the complex historiography on the Holocaust, exploring the major themes and debates relating to it and drawing widely on the findings of a great deal of research. Concentrating on the work of the last two decades, Histories of the Holocaust examines the ''Final Solution'' as a European project, the decision-making process, perpetrator research, plunder and collaboration, regional studies, ghettos, camps, race science, antisemitic ideology, and recent debates concerning modernity, organization theory, colonialism, genocide studies, and cultural history. Research on victims is discussed, but Stone focuses more closely on perpetrators, r
Trade ReviewEssential... concise, elegantly written, and well argued...A superb engagement with Holocaust scholarship. * John David Smith, Choice *
If someone were to read only one book on Nazi Germany's efforts to exterminate European Jewry during World War II, it should be Dan Stone's Histories of the Holocaust. * Mark Brennan, Quarterly Review *
Dan Stone examines critically and insightfully the post-1989 literature in question, together with the schools of thought and areas of debate. The impressive range, quantity and diversity of the material discussed makes Stones book the first interpretive guide to this vast literature. * Florin Lobont, Reviews in History *
Truly superb...the way in which Dan Stone delineates the issues, aided by several previous works in this area, is simply without equal. * Matthew Feldman, Holocaust Studies *
Stone has written an intelligent, wide-ranging and thought-provoking textbook on the Holocaust which will be indispensable reading for scholars and students alike ... a stellar critical synthesis. * Christian Goeschel, European History Quarterly *
highly intelligent and judicious discussion of the most recent trends in Holocaust historiography ... an ambitious project which succeeds * Larry Eugene Jones, English Historical Review *
Histories of the Holocaust demonstrates a magisterial grasp of its subject. It will become required reading on any course dedicated specifically to the history of the Holocaust. * Nicholas Chare, Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Thinking about the Holocaust ; 1. The 'Final Solution': A German or European Project? ; 2. The Decision-Making Process in Context ; 3. The Holocaust: Child of Modernity? ; 4. Race Science: The Basis of the Nazi Worldview? ; 5. Genocide, the Holocaust and the History of Colonialism ; 6. The Holocaust as an Expression of Nazi Culture ; Conclusion: Into the Abyss ; Further Reading ; Index
