A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire

"A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers a span of 2500 years, tracing how different cultures and societies have thought about, struggled for, developed and sustained peace in different ways and at different times. 1. A Cultural History of Peace in Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE) ; 2. A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age (800 - 1450) ; 3. A Cultural History of Peace in the Renaissance (1450 - 1648) ; 4. A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment (1648 - 1815) ; 5. A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire (1815 - 1920) ; 6. A Cultural History of Peace in the Modern Age (1920 - present). Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters: 1. Definitions of Peace; 2. Human Nature, Peace and War; 3. Peace, War and Gender; 4. Peace, Pacifism and Religion; 5. Representations of Peace; 6. Peace as Integration; 7. Peace Movements; 8. Peace, Security and Deterrence. This structure offers readers a broad overview of a period within each volume or the opportunity to follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter across volumes. Generously illustrated, the full six-volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in history."--Site Web de l'éditeur.ISBN : 9781474238274 Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE INTRODUCTION Toward a Culture of Peace THE PROGRESS OF PEACE 1815–1920 HUMANIZING WAR PACIFISM AND MILITARISM INTERNATIONALISM SOCIALISM AND ORGANIZED LABOR MOVEMENTS DARWIN AND EVOLUTIONARY PEACE BIOLOGY IMPERIALISM AND LIMITED SYMPATHIES THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR I PEACE TREATIES AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS CONCLUSION CHAPTER ONE Definitions of Peace INTRODUCTION PEACE IN THE POST-NAPOLEONIC ERA (1814–53) “PEACE” IN THE WORLD: FROM COLONIES TO THE RISE OF EXTRA-EUROPEAN POWERS PEACE THROUGH LAW PEACE AS A LEGAL PROCESS CONCLUSION CHAPTER TWO Human Nature, Peace,and War Jane Addams and Evolutionary Psychology A GENDERED VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE CONCLUSION CHAPTER THREE Peace, War, and Gender The Evolution of Women’s Voices CHAPTER FOUR Peace, Pacifism, and Religion “THE FRIEND O’ GOD AN’ PEACE” “EZ FER WAR, I CALL IT MURDER” “GOD’LL SEND THE BILL TO YOU” “ONCE TO EVERY MAN AND NATION” SUMMARY CHAPTER FIVE Representations of Peace Bertha von Suttner, Activist and Visionary on Dreams, Peace, and Justice YOUTH AND FORMATIVE YEARS THE PACIFIST WRITER (1889) THE PEACE WORKER SUTTNER’S LEGACY CHAPTER SIX Peace Movements INTRODUCTION THE PEACE MOVEMENT: CAMPAIGNING FOR PACIFICISM OR PACIFISM 1815–67: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN ANGLO-AMERICAN-LED MOVEMENT 1867–1914: A EUROPE-LED “PATRIOTIC” MOVEMENT 1914–20: A MOVEMENT RECONSTRUCTED BY WORLD WAR CHAPTER SEVEN Peace, Security, and Deterrence: “The greatest work of civilization” The Hague Conferences of 1899, 1907, and 1915 CHAPTER EIGHT Peace as Integration Tolstoy on Peace and the End of History CALCULUS INTEGRATION FREEDOM AND SELF-ASSERTION FREEDOM AND SELF-PRESERVATION OVERCOMING FREEDOM SELF-ABNEGATION VII. NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX "A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Enlightenment, explores peace in the period from 1648 to 1815. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Enlightenment is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the long eighteenth century"--Abstract. A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire , explores peace in the period from 1800 to 1920. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the long 19th century.