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The Oryx Holocaust Sourcebook

by William R. Fernekes
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Overview

The Oryx Holocaust Sourcebook provides a comprehensive selection of high quality resources in the field of Holocaust studies. The Sourcebook's 17 chapters cover general reference works; narrative histories; monographs in the social sciences; fiction, drama, and poetry; books for children and young adults; periodicals; primary sources; electronic resources in various formats; audiovisual materials; photographs; music; film and video; educational and teaching materials; and information on organizations, museums, and memorials. In addition, each chapter begins with a concise overview essay. The book also includes a preface, and index, and an appendix listing general distributors and vendors of Holocaust materials.

Drawn from a wide array of scholarly disciplines ranging across the humanities and social sciences, the items included in each chapter were selected using the following criteria: (1) current availability for use or purchase; (2) availability in English, unless a non-English item was too significant to exclude; (3) scholarly legitimacy, meaning it is recognized as a work of authentic scholarship that contributes to advancement of knowledge in the field; (4) relationship to topical categories for study of the Holocaust as noted in the Curriculum Guidelines of the Association of Holocaust Organizations, as listed in major bibliographic works, and as used as topics in the contents of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the leading journal in the field; and, (5) in the case of online resources (Internet sites), adherence to standards of scholarly documentation established by learned societies or recognized by reputable scholarly institutions, as well as the display of accurate and credible content about the Holocaust drawn from reputable scholarship.

About the Author, William R. Fernekes

WILLIAM R. FERNEKES is supervisor of social studies at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Co-author with Beverly C. Edmonds of Children's Rights: A Reference Handbook (1996), he has published widely in the fields of Holocaust and genocide studies, human rights education, and social studies education. He has served as a consultant to the Education Department of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, and numerous other scholarly institutions.

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Editorials

School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up-A comprehensive, excellent addition to reference bibliographies on the subject. The six sections cover general print sources, primary sources, electronic sources, audiovisual sources, educational and teaching materials, and Holocaust institutions and organizations. Most of the books were published from 1990 to the present, although important works published earlier are also listed. A variety of genres and formats is included: fiction, poetry, first-person accounts, diaries, photos, periodicals, films and videotapes, audiobooks, music, museums and memorials, and more. Each chapter begins with a short, well-written overview, and the annotations point out the most important aspect of each title listed. Three indexes round out this extensive work. Although Donald Niewyk and Francis Nicosia's The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust (2000) provides a good annotated bibliography at the end, this volume is more complete. A solid addition to reference shelves, and a trustworthy source for collection development.-Leslie Barban, Richland County Public Library, Columbia, SC Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

Booknews

Himself a high school social studies teacher, Fernekes provides teachers, students, and general readers a guide to the massive literature on the Nazi government's systematic efforts to commit genocide against Jews. He describes and evaluates general print resources, primary sources, general electronic resources, audiovisual resources, educational and teaching materials, and institutions and organizations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
May 30, 2002
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pages
408
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781573562959

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