Imagining War and Peace in Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1690-1820

by Andrew Lincoln

Ranging over political, moral, religious, artistic and literary developments in eighteenth-century Britain, Andrew Lincoln explains in a clear and engaging style how the 'civilizing process' and the rise of humanitarianism, far from inhibiting war, helped to make it acceptable to a modern commercial society. In a close examination of a wide variety of illuminating examples, he shows how criticism of the terrible effects of war could be used to promote...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009366548
• ISBN13: 9781009366540
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"