The Cambridge world history of violence. Volume III, 1500-1800 CE / edited by Robert Antony, Stuart Carroll, Caroline Dodds Pennock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Antony, Robert, editor.

Carroll, Stuart, 1965- editor.

Pennock, Caroline Dodds, editor.

Series:

The Cambridge world history of violence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--History.

Violence.

Ethnic conflict--History.

Ethnic conflict.

Social conflict--History.

Social conflict.

War--History.

War.

World history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 716 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

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 of political sovereignty and the power of the state, the legitimacy of conquest and subjugation, the possibilities of popular resistance, and the manifestations of ethnic and racial unrest. It also provided the raw material for profound meditations on humanity and for examining our relationship to the divine and natural worlds. The third volume of The Cambridge World History of Violence examines a world in which global empires were consolidated and expanded, and in which civilisations for the first time linked to each other by trans-oceanic contacts and a sophisticated world trade system.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Mar 2020).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781316340592 (ebook)

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