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A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire
About this book
A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history.
This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire, explores peace in the period from 1800 to 1920. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace.
A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the long 19th century.
This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire, explores peace in the period from 1800 to 1920. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace.
A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the long 19th century.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- General Editorās Preface
- Introduction: Toward a Culture of Peace
- 1 Definitions of Peace
- 2 Human Nature, Peace, and War: Jane Addams and Evolutionary Psychology
- 3 Peace, War, and Gender: The Evolution of Womenās Voices
- 4 Peace, Pacifism, and Religion
- 5 Representations of Peace: Bertha von Suttner, Activist and Visionary on Dreams, Peace, and Justice
- 6 Peace Movements
- 7 Peace, Security, and Deterrence: āThe greatest work of civilizationā: The Hague Conferences of 1899, 1907, and 1915
- 8 Peace as Integration: Tolstoy on Peace and the End of History
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
- Copyright