ISBN:
9780415716604
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (433 p)
Series Statement:
Themes in World History
Parallel Title:
Print version Peace in World History
DDC:
303.6/6
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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 ChinaConcepts of peace in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, and their historic
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Further reading; 1. Peace and early human societies; A hunting and gathering species; The problem of biology; Hunting and gathering societies; The impact of agriculture; Civilizations; Further reading; 2. The great empires: Peace in Rome and China; Classical China; Greece and Rome; The classical legacy; Further reading; 3. Peace in the Buddhist tradition; Hinduism; Buddhism; The early period; Ashoka; Buddhism in practice; Conclusion; Further reading
Description / Table of Contents:
4. Religion and peace in the postclassical ageJudaism and peace; Christianity; Early beliefs; New complexities; Medieval Christianity; Islam; Early Islam and peace; Tensions around peace and war; The Pax Arabica; Conclusion; Further reading; 5. Peace in a new age of empires; New regimes in Asia; Confucian societies; The Islamic empires; Stirrings in Europe; The Renaissance; The Reformation; The Treaty of Westphalia; Back to the philosophers; The Americas; Conclusion; Further reading; 6. Peace in an industrial age; Enlightenment and revolution: The first phase of the long century
Description / Table of Contents:
The torrent of ideasContacts with policy; National approaches: The idea of neutrality; Peace organizations: A new element in world history; Key ideas; Pacifist groups; The world outside the West; The international scene: The new institutions of the later nineteenth century; Major initiatives; Games and prizes; Further reading; 7. Peace in the decades of war; Peace efforts amid total war; Peace activity; The Versailles Conference; Postwar strategies; The League of Nations; Disarmament; Other efforts; Peace ideas and peace movements; Isolationism; Peace movements outside the West; The Americas
Description / Table of Contents:
JapanGandhi; Munich: Giving peace a bad name?; Further reading; 8. Peace in contemporary world history; Advancing a new (and improved?) global framework; War crimes; The United Nations and peacekeeping; The International Court; New efforts to limit weaponry; Nuclear testing; Attempts to control the nuclear option; Other efforts; Changes in the framework: Democracy and consumerism; Further reading; 9. Regional approaches to peace: The comparative challenge; Demilitarization; Japan; Germany; Costa Rica; Regional efforts; Europe; The Americas; The Non-Aligned Movement
Description / Table of Contents:
Regional organizations in Asia and AfricaThe riddle of the United States; Pax Americana; Military actions; Reducing the military; Further reading; 10. Peace ideas and peace movements after 1945; Traditional sources, new voices; Major religions; The nonviolence legacy; Conscientious objection; Mass protests; Nuclear weapons; Vietnam; Iraq; Scholarship and teaching; Organizations for peace; Further reading; Epilogue; Further reading; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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