<p>A large number of genocides have taken place in our history. The purpose of this essay is to examine how genocide is treated in five high school history textbooks. I have studied a large number of issues. I have examined which genocides are discussed in the textbooks and which genocides the textbooks don’t discuss. I have also examined if there are differences between the textbooks about that matter. I have studied in which context the genocides are discussed. I have also examined how the genocides are described and if there are any differences between the authors about that matter.</p><p>The method of the essay is a quantitative and qualitative text analysis. I have used the following history theories in my analysis: a critical emancipation perspective of history<em>, </em>the materialist <em>conception of history</em> and the <em>idealist conception of history.</em> In the essay a have used Frank Chalks and Kurt Jonassohns definition of genocide.</p><p>The study has shown that a large number of genocides are discussed in the textbooks, but also that a large number are not discussed. There are differences between the textbooks about that matter. The study has confirmed the critical emancipation perspective of history.</p><p>The study has shown that the descriptions of the genocides have its similarities and it's differences.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:sh-3497 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Björk, Martin |
| Publisher | Södertörn University College, Lärarutbildningen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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