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A cultural history of peace in the modern age / edited by Ronald Edsforth.

Bloomsbury Cultural History 2020-21 Collection Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Edsforth, Ronald, 1948- editor.
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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