By Peter N. Stearns
In Peace in global historical past, Peter N. Stearns examines the information of peace that experience existed all through historical past, and the way societies have sought to place them into perform. starting with the prestige of peace in early hunter-gatherer and agricultural societies, and carrying on with during the state-of-the-art, the narrative offers scholars a transparent view of the methods humans the world over have understood and striven to accomplish peace all through background. subject matters coated include:
- Comparison of the ‘pax Romana’ and ‘pax Sinica’ of Rome and China
- Concepts of peace in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, and their old impact
- The position of peace within the classes of increasing empires
- The emergence, beginning within the 19th century, of formal schemes to advertise peace amid more and more harmful applied sciences for warfare
Moving clear of the view of historical past as a chain of army conflicts, Peace in international History deals a brand new method of taking a look at global background by means of targeting peace. displaying how thoughts of peace have developed over the years while they've been challenged by means of struggle and clash, this energetic and fascinating narrative permits scholars to contemplate peace as a human possibility.
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