A global history of early modern violence /
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This is the first extensive analysis of large-scale violence and the methods of its restraint in the early modern world. Using examples from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe, it questions th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
[2021]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This is the first extensive analysis of large-scale violence and the methods of its restraint in the early modern world. Using examples from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe, it questions the established narrative that violence was only curbed through the rise of western-style nation states and civil societies. Global history allows us to reframe and challenge traditional models for the history of violence and to rethink categories and units of analysis through comparisons. By decentring Europe and exploring alternative patterns of violence, the contributors to this volume articulate the significance of violence in narratives of state- and empire-building, as well as in their failure and decline, while also providing new means of tracing the transition from the early modern to modernity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : 8 black and white illustrations, 4 maps |
| ISBN: | 9781526140616 1526140616 |