A Global History of Early Modern Violence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526140609)

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.

Author: Erica Charters
ISBN-10: 1526140608
ISBN-13: 9781526140609
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2020
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d