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020 _a9780415716604 (hardback)
020 _a9780415716611 (paperback)
020 _z9781315879598 (e-book)
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100 1 _aStearns, Peter N.
245 1 0 _aPeace in world history /
_cPeter N Stearns.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aNew York ;
_aLondon :
_bRoutledge,
_c2014.
300 _ax, 209 p. ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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365 _aGBP
_b27.99
490 0 _aThemes in world history
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Peace and early human societies -- The great empires : peace in Rome and China -- Peace in the Buddhist tradition -- Religion and peace in the postclassical age -- Peace in a new age of empires -- Peace in an industrial age -- Peace in the decades of war -- Peace in contemporary world history -- Regional approaches to peace : the comparative challenge -- Peace ideas and peace movements after 1945.
520 _a"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 warfare. 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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aWorld history.
650 0 _aPeace.
650 7 _aHISTORY / World.
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650 7 _aHISTORY / Civilization.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHISTORY / Social History.
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955 _brf20 2014-01-06
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