Peace in World History
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In Peace in World History, Peter N. Stearns examines the ideas of peace that have existed throughout history, and how societies have sought to put them into practice. Beginning with the status of peace in early hunter-gatherer and agricultural societies,...
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In Peace in World History, Peter N. Stearns examines the ideas of peace that have existed throughout history, and how societies have sought to put them into practice. Beginning with the status of peace in early hunter-gatherer and agricultural societies, and continuing through the present day, the narrative gives students a clear view of the ways people across the world have understood and striven to achieve peace throughout history. Moving away from the view of history as a series of military conflicts, Peace in World History offers a new way of looking at world history by focusing on peace. Showing how concepts of peace have evolved over time even as they have been challenged by war and conflict, this lively and engaging narrative enables students to consider peace as a human possibility.
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In Peace in World History, Peter N. Stearns examines the ideas of peace that have existed throughout history, and how societies have sought to put them into practice. Beginning with the status of peace in early hunter-gatherer and agricultural societies, and continuing through the present day, the narrative gives students a clear view of the ways people across the world have understood and striven to achieve peace throughout history. Topics covered include:Comparison of the 'pax Romana' and 'pax Sinica' of Rome and China
Concepts of peace in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, and their historical impact
The place of peace in the periods of expanding empires
The emergence, starting in the 19th century, of formal schemes to promote peace amid increasingly destructive technologies for warfareMoving away from the view of history as a series of military conflicts, Peace in World History offers a new way of looking at world history by focusing on peace. Showing how concepts of peace have evolved over time even as they have been challenged by war and conflict, this lively and engaging narrative enables students to consider peace as a human possibility.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Peace in World History “
1. Introduction
2. Peace and Early Human Societies
3. The Great Empires: Peace in Rome and China
4. Peace in the Buddhist Tradition
5. Religion and Peace in the Postclassical Age
6. Peace in a New Age of Empires
7. Peace in an Industrial Age
8. Peace in the Decades of War
9. Peace in Contemporary World History
10. Regional Approaches to Peace: the Comparative Challenge
11. Peace Ideas and Peace Movements after 1945
Epilogue
Autoren-Porträt von Peter Stearns
Peter N. Stearns is Provost and a professor of history at George Mason University.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Peter Stearns
- 2014, 1st ed., 220 Seiten, Maße: 15,3 x 23 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- ISBN-10: 0415716616
- ISBN-13: 9780415716611
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.03.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
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