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Peace in World History

In: Themes in World History

Stearns, Peter N.

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In Peace in World History, Peter N. Stearns examines the ideas of peace that have existed throughout history, and how societies have sought to put them into practice. Beginning with the status of peace in early hunter-gatherer and agricultural societies, and continuing through the present day, the narrative gives students a clear view of the ways people across the world have understood and striven to achieve peace throughout history. Topics covered include:Comparison of the 'pax Romana' and 'pax Sinica' of Rome and ChinaConcepts of peace in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, and their historic

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Peace in world history

In: Themes in world history

Stearns, Peter N.

1. Peace and early human societies -- 2. The great empires : peace in Rome and China -- 3. Peace in the Buddhist tradition -- 4. Religion and peace in the postclassical age -- 5. Peace in a new age of empires -- 6. Peace in an industrial age -- 7. Peace in the decades of war -- 8. Peace in contemporary world history -- 9. Regional approaches to peace : the comparative challenge -- 10. Peace ideas and peace movements after 1945.

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