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A cultural history of peace in the modern age / edited by Ronald Edsforth.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cultural histories series
- Cultural history of peace ; 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peace--History.
- Peace.
- Peace movements--History.
- Peace movements.
- Cultural History (History).
- History.
- Social History (History).
- Twentieth-Century History (History).
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural History (History).
- History.
- Social History (History).
- Twentieth-Century History (History).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- Summary:
- A Cultural History of Peace in the Modern Age explores peace in the period from 1920 to the present. 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 Modern Age is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the twentieth and twentieth century.
- Contents:
- Introduction / by Ronald Edsforth
- Definitions of peace / by Charles Webel and Marcel Kaba
- Human nature, peace, and war / by Douglas P. Fry and Geneviev̀e Souillac
- Peace, war, and gender / by Donna Pankhurst
- Peace, pacifism, and religion / by Toh Swee-Hin (S.H. Toh)
- Representations of peace / by Rune Ottosen and Ronald Edsforth
- Peace movements / by Cecelia Lynch
- Peace, security, and deterrence / by John Mueller
- Peace as integration / by Geneviev̀e Souillac.
- Notes:
- Online resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 10 November 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781474206969
- 1474206964
- OCLC:
- 1233045705
- Publisher Number:
- 183239
- 183245
- 183252
- 183256
- 183261
- 183263
- 183264
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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