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A Global History of Early Modern Violence

Peter H Wilson editor Erica Charters editor Marie Houllemare editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Published:1st Sep '20

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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.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

ISBN: 9781526140609

Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm

Weight: 621g

320 pages