The Cambridge World History of Violence

by Caroline Dodds Pennock

In the period from 1500 to 1800 the problem of violence necessitated asking fundamental questions and formulating answers about the most basic forms of human organisation and interactions. Violence spoke to critical issues such as the problem of civility in society, the nature of political sovereignty and the power of the state, the legitimacy of conquest and subjugation, the possibilities of popular resistance, and the manifestations of ethnic and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107119111
• ISBN13: 9781107119116
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 732 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"