A Cultural History of Peace: Volumes 1-6 (Cultural Histories)

Table of Contents:

Volume 1: A Cultural History of Peace in Antiquity
Edited by Sheila Ager, University of Waterloo, Canada
Volume 2: A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age
Edited by Walter Simons, Dartmouth College, USA
Volume 3: A Cultural History of Peace in the Renaissance
Edited by Isabella Lazzarini, University of Molise, Italy
Volume 4: A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Stella Ghervas and David Armitage, both Harvard University, USA
Volume 5: A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire
Edited by Ingrid Sharp, University of Leeds, UK
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Peace in the Modern Age
Edited by Ronald Edsforth, Dartmouth College, USA

A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers a span of 2500 years, tracing how different cultures and societies have thought about, struggled for, developed and sustained peace in different ways and at different times.

Review Citations:

• Choice 12/01/2021 (EAN 9781474241359, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:Edsforth, Ronald
Ronald Edsforth is Distinguished Senior Lecturer in History and Chair of Globalization Studies in the Masters in Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program at Dartmouth College, USA. He is the author of The New Deal: America's Response to the Great Depression (2000) and Class, Capital and Cultural Consensus (1986). He is also the co-editor, along with Larry Bennett, of Popular Culture and Political Change in Modern America (1991).