The Cambridge World History of Violence: Volume 4

712 Pages·2020·5.323 MB·English

by  Louise Edwards (editor), Nigel Penn (editor), Jay Winter (editor)

the cambridge world history of
VIOLENCE
This book explores one of the most intractable problems of
humanexistence–ourpropensitytoinflictviolence.Itprovides
readerswithcasestudiesofpolitical,social,economic,religious,
structuralandinterpersonalviolencefromacrosstheentireglobe
since 1800. It also examines the changing representations of
violence in diverse media and the cultural significance of its
commemoration. Together, the chapters provide in-depth
understanding of the ways that humans have perpetrated
violence, justified its use, attempted to contain its spread and
narratedthestoriesofitsimpacts.Readersalsogaininsightinto
the mechanisms by which the parameters about the acceptable
limitstoandlocationsofviolencehavedramaticallyalteredover
the course of a few decades. Leading experts from around the
world have pooled their knowledge to provide concise,
authoritative examinations of the complex phenomenon of
humanviolence.Annotatedbibliographiesprovideoverviewsof
theshapeoftheresearchfield.
LOUISE EDWARDS is Scientia Professor of Chinese History at the
University of New South Wales, Sydney. Her research explores
womeninpoliticsinChinaandAsiaandgenderedculturesofwarin
China,aswellasChineseliteratureandintellectualhistory.Hermost
recent sole-authored books include Gender Politics and Democracy:
Women’sSuffrageinChina(2008),WomenWarriorsandWartimeSpies
of China (2016) and Citizens of Beauty: Drawing Democratic Dreams in
RepublicanChina(2020).ProfessorEdwardsisaFellowoftheAustralian
Academy of the Social Sciences, the Australian Academy of the
HumanitiesandtheHongKongAcademyoftheHumanities.
NIGEL PENN isProfessorofHistoryattheUniversityofCapeTown.
He has written about the impact of colonialism on the Khoisan
societies of southern Africa and on the nature of early colonial
societyinboththeDutchandtheBritishperiods.Heistheco-editor
ofseveralbooksincludingWrittenCultureinaColonialContext:Africa
andtheAmericas,1500–1900(withAdrienDelmas2011,2012)andmost
recently Science,AfricaandEurope:ProcessingInformation andCreating
Knowledge(withMartinLengwilerandPatrickHarries,2019).Among
hissole-authoredbooksisTheForgottenFrontier:ColonistandKhoisanon
theCape’sNorthernFrontierintheEighteenthCentury(2005).
JAY WINTERisCharlesJ.StilleProfessorofHistoryEmeritusatYale
University.HeisaspecialistonWorldWarIanditsimpactonthe
twentiethcentury,andtheauthororco-authorofSocialismandthe
ChallengeofWar:IdeasandPoliticsinBritain,1912–18;SitesofMemory,
SitesofMourning:TheGreatWarinEuropeanCulturalHistory;TheGreat
WarandtheShapingofthe20thCentury:ReneCassinandtheRightsof
Man;andmostrecently,WarbeyondWords:LanguagesofRemembrance
from the Great War to the Present. He received honorary doctorates
from the University of Graz, the University of Paris-VIII, and the
Katholieke University of Leuven. He is a founder of the Research
Centre of the Historial de la Grande Guerre, at Péronne, Somme,
France.
the cambridge history of
VIOLENCE
GeneralEditors
PhilipDwyer,UniversityofNewcastle,NewSouthWales
JoyDamousi,UniversityofMelbourne
This four-volume Cambridge World History of Violence is the first
collectionofitskindtolookatviolenceacrossdifferentperiodsof
humanhistoryanddifferentregionsoftheworld.Itcapitaliseson
thegrowingscholarlyinterestinthehistoryofviolence,whichis
emerging as one of the key intellectual issues of our time. The
volumes takeintoaccount the latestscholarship inthe fieldand
comprisetheworkofnearly140scholars,whohavecontributed
substantial chapters to provide an authoritative treatment of
violence from a multiplicity of perspectives. The collection thus
offers the reader a wide-ranging thematic treatment of the
historical contexts of different types of violence, as well as
acompendiumofexperiencesharedbypeoplesacrosstime.
VOLUMEI
ThePrehistoricandAncientWorlds
editedbygarrettg.fagan,lindafibiger,markhudsonand
matthewtrundle
VOLUMEII
500–1500CE
editedbymatthews.gordon,richardw.kaeuperand
harrietzurndorfer
VOLUMEIII
1500–1800CE
editedbyrobertantony,stuartcarrolland
carolinedoddspennock
VOLUMEIV
1800tothePresent
editedbylouiseedwards,nigelpennandjaywinter

THE CAMBRIDGE
WORLD HISTORY OF
VIOLENCE
*
VOLUME IV
1800
to the Present
*
Editedby
LOUISE EDWARDS
UniversityofNewSouthWales,Sydney
NIGEL PENN
UniversityofCapeTown
JAY WINTER
YaleUniversity
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the cambridge world history of
VIOLENCE
This book explores one of the most intractable problems of
humanexistence–ourpropensitytoinflictviolence.Itprovides
readerswithcasestudiesofpolitical,social,economic,religious,
structuralandinterpersonalviolencefromacrosstheentireglobe
since 1800. It also examines the changing representations of
violence in diverse media and the cultural significance of its
commemoration. Together, the chapters provide in-depth
understanding of the ways that humans have perpetrated
violence, justified its use, attempted to contain its spread and
narratedthestoriesofitsimpacts.Readersalsogaininsightinto
the mechanisms by which the parameters about the acceptable
limitstoandlocationsofviolencehavedramaticallyalteredover
the course of a few decades. Leading experts from around the
world have pooled their knowledge to provide concise,
authoritative examinations of the complex phenomenon of
humanviolence.Annotatedbibliographiesprovideoverviewsof
theshapeoftheresearchfield.
LOUISE EDWARDS is Scientia Professor of Chinese History at the
University of New South Wales, Sydney. Her research explores
womeninpoliticsinChinaandAsiaandgenderedculturesofwarin
China,aswellasChineseliteratureandintellectualhistory.Hermost
recent sole-authored books include Gender Politics and Democracy:
Women’sSuffrageinChina(2008),WomenWarriorsandWartimeSpies
of China (2016) and Citizens of Beauty: Drawing Democratic Dreams in
RepublicanChina(2020).ProfessorEdwardsisaFellowoftheAustralian
Academy of the Social Sciences, the Australian Academy of the
HumanitiesandtheHongKongAcademyoftheHumanities.
NIGEL PENN isProfessorofHistoryattheUniversityofCapeTown.
He has written about the impact of colonialism on the Khoisan
societies of southern Africa and on the nature of early colonial
societyinboththeDutchandtheBritishperiods.Heistheco-editor
ofseveralbooksincludingWrittenCultureinaColonialContext:Africa
andtheAmericas,1500–1900(withAdrienDelmas2011,2012)andmost
recently Science,AfricaandEurope:ProcessingInformation andCreating
Knowledge(withMartinLengwilerandPatrickHarries,2019).Among
hissole-authoredbooksisTheForgottenFrontier:ColonistandKhoisanon
theCape’sNorthernFrontierintheEighteenthCentury(2005).
JAY WINTERisCharlesJ.StilleProfessorofHistoryEmeritusatYale
University.HeisaspecialistonWorldWarIanditsimpactonthe
twentiethcentury,andtheauthororco-authorofSocialismandthe
ChallengeofWar:IdeasandPoliticsinBritain,1912–18;SitesofMemory,
SitesofMourning:TheGreatWarinEuropeanCulturalHistory;TheGreat
WarandtheShapingofthe20thCentury:ReneCassinandtheRightsof
Man;andmostrecently,WarbeyondWords:LanguagesofRemembrance
from the Great War to the Present. He received honorary doctorates
from the University of Graz, the University of Paris-VIII, and the
Katholieke University of Leuven. He is a founder of the Research
Centre of the Historial de la Grande Guerre, at Péronne, Somme,
France.
the cambridge history of
VIOLENCE
GeneralEditors
PhilipDwyer,UniversityofNewcastle,NewSouthWales
JoyDamousi,UniversityofMelbourne
This four-volume Cambridge World History of Violence is the first
collectionofitskindtolookatviolenceacrossdifferentperiodsof
humanhistoryanddifferentregionsoftheworld.Itcapitaliseson
thegrowingscholarlyinterestinthehistoryofviolence,whichis
emerging as one of the key intellectual issues of our time. The
volumes takeintoaccount the latestscholarship inthe fieldand
comprisetheworkofnearly140scholars,whohavecontributed
substantial chapters to provide an authoritative treatment of
violence from a multiplicity of perspectives. The collection thus
offers the reader a wide-ranging thematic treatment of the
historical contexts of different types of violence, as well as
acompendiumofexperiencesharedbypeoplesacrosstime.
VOLUMEI
ThePrehistoricandAncientWorlds
editedbygarrettg.fagan,lindafibiger,markhudsonand
matthewtrundle
VOLUMEII
500–1500CE
editedbymatthews.gordon,richardw.kaeuperand
harrietzurndorfer
VOLUMEIII
1500–1800CE
editedbyrobertantony,stuartcarrolland
carolinedoddspennock
VOLUMEIV
1800tothePresent
editedbylouiseedwards,nigelpennandjaywinter