This book explores one of the most intractable problems of human existence - our propensity to inflict violence. It provides readers with case studies of political, social, economic, religious, structural and interpersonal violence from across the entire globe since 1800. It als…
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The Cambridge world history of violence
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In the period from 1500 to 1800 the problem of violence necessitated asking fundamental questions and formulating answers about the most basic forms of human organisation and interactions. Violence spoke to critical issues such as the problem of civility in society, the nature o…
The Cambridge world history of violence
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Type: Book
In the period from 1500 to 1800 the problem of violence necessitated asking fundamental questions and formulating answers about the most basic forms of human organisation and interactions. Violence spoke to critical issues such as the problem of civility in society, the nature o…
The Cambridge world history of violence
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Type: Book
Violence permeated much of social life across the vast geographical space of the European, American, Asian and Islamic lands and through the broad sweep of what is often termed the Middle Millennium (roughly 500 to 1500). Focusing on four contexts in which violence occurred acro…
The Cambridge world history of violence
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Type: Book
Violence permeated much of social life across the vast geographical space of the European, American, Asian and Islamic lands and through the broad sweep of what is often termed the Middle Millennium (roughly 500 to 1500). Focusing on four contexts in which violence occurred acro…
The Cambridge world history of violence
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Type: Book
"Barbarians are back. These small, highly mobile, and stateless groups are no longer confined to the pages of history; they are a contemporary reality in groups such as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIL. Return of the Barbarians re-examines the threat of violent non-state actors t…
Barbarians are back. These small, highly mobile, and stateless groups are no longer confined to the pages of history; they are a contemporary reality in groups such as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIL. 'Return of the Barbarians' re-examines the threat of violent non-state actors …
"Barbarians are back. These small, highly mobile, and stateless groups are no longer confined to the pages of history; they are a contemporary reality in groups such as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIL. Return of the Barbarians re-examines the threat of violent non-state actors t…
Overview: Throughout History And Across Cultures, the most common form of violence is that between family members and neighbors or kindred communities-in civil wars writ large and small. From assault to genocide, from assassination to massacre, violence usually emerges from insi…
Overview: Throughout History And Across Cultures, the most common form of violence is that between family members and neighbors or kindred communities-in civil wars writ large and small. From assault to genocide, from assassination to massacre, violence usually emerges from insi…