The Geography of Injustice

preview-18
  • The Geography of Injustice Book Detail

  • Author : Barak Kushner
  • Release Date : 2024-03-15
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 238
  • ISBN 13 : 1501774034
  • File Size : 62,62 MB

The Geography of Injustice by Barak Kushner PDF Summary

Book Description: In The Geography of Injustice, Barak Kushner argues that the war crimes tribunals in East Asia formed and cemented national divides that persist into the present day. In 1946 the Allies convened the Tokyo Trial to prosecute Japanese wartime atrocities and Japan's empire. At its conclusion one of the judges voiced dissent, claiming that the justice found at Tokyo was only "the sham employment of a legal process for the satisfaction of a thirst for revenge." War crimes tribunals, Kushner shows, allow for the history of the defeated to be heard. In contemporary East Asia a fierce battle between memory and history has consolidated political camps across this debate. The Tokyo Trial courtroom, as well as the thousands of other war crimes tribunals opened in about fifty venues across Asia, were legal stages where prosecution and defense curated facts and evidence to craft their story about World War Two. These narratives and counter narratives form the basis of postwar memory concerning Japan's imperial aims across the region. The archival record and the interpretation of court testimony together shape a competing set of histories for public consumption. The Geography of Injustice offers compelling evidence that despite the passage of seven decades since the end of the war, East Asia is more divided than united by history.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Geography of Injustice books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Geography of Injustice

The Geography of Injustice

File Size : 84,84 MB
Total View : 4054 Views
DOWNLOAD

In The Geography of Injustice, Barak Kushner argues that the war crimes tribunals in East Asia formed and cemented national divides that persist into the presen

Seeking Spatial Justice

Seeking Spatial Justice

File Size : 94,94 MB
Total View : 4207 Views
DOWNLOAD

In 1996, the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union, a grassroots advocacy organization, won a historic legal victory against the city’s Metropolitan Transit Authority.

The Green City and Social Injustice

The Green City and Social Injustice

File Size : 27,27 MB
Total View : 5056 Views
DOWNLOAD

The Green City and Social Injustice examines the recent urban environmental trajectory of 21 cities in Europe and North America over a 20-year period. It analys

Mountains of Injustice

Mountains of Injustice

File Size : 91,91 MB
Total View : 5291 Views
DOWNLOAD

Research in environmental justice reveals that low-income and minority neighborhoods in our nation’s cities are often the preferred sites for landfills, power