The Colonial Development of Concentration Camps (1868–1902)

@article{Smith2011TheCD,
  title={The Colonial Development of Concentration Camps (1868–1902)},
  author={Iain Robert Smith and Andreas Stucki},
  journal={The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History},
  year={2011},
  volume={39},
  pages={417 - 437}
}
  • I. Smith, A. Stucki
  • Published 15 August 2011
  • History
  • The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
The forced labour and extermination camps established in Europe during the Second World War gave the meaning to the term ‘concentration camp’ which it has for the general public today. But the practice of concentrating civilians in guarded camps or centres, specifically as part of a counter-guerrilla military strategy during wartime, long predated and outlasted the Second World War. In the light of fresh research, this article looks comparatively at the function of the camps in three different… 
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