Israel W. Charny, Editor in Chief. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1999. 2 vols. 718 pp. $175.00.
When I turn to an encyclopedia, it is because I am seeking basic, but also authoritative knowledge on a subject. But what if the encyclopedia covers a brand-new discipline like Genocide Studies, as this one does, where research is just beginning and little consensus exists on the basic concepts and scope of the field? Professor Israel Charny, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Genocide, has taken on the formidable pioneering task of supplying the basic concepts and determining the scope of Genocide Studies.
In keeping with this task, Volume I begins with an extended …