A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history.
This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire, explores peace in the period from 1800 to 1920. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace.
A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the long 19th century.
Author(s): Ingrid Sharp
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 214
City: London
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE
INTRODUCTION Toward a Culture of Peace
THE PROGRESS OF PEACE 1815–1920
HUMANIZING WAR
PACIFISM AND MILITARISM
INTERNATIONALISM
SOCIALISM AND ORGANIZED LABOR MOVEMENTS
DARWIN AND EVOLUTIONARY PEACE BIOLOGY
IMPERIALISM AND LIMITED SYMPATHIES
THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR I PEACE TREATIES AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER ONE Definitions of Peace
INTRODUCTION
PEACE IN THE POST-NAPOLEONIC ERA (1814–53)
“PEACE” IN THE WORLD: FROM COLONIES TO THE RISE OF EXTRA-EUROPEAN POWERS
PEACE THROUGH LAW
PEACE AS A LEGAL PROCESS
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER TWO Human Nature, Peace,and War Jane Addams and Evolutionary Psychology
A GENDERED VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER THREE Peace, War, and Gender The Evolution of Women’s Voices
CHAPTER FOUR Peace, Pacifism, and Religion
“THE FRIEND O’ GOD AN’ PEACE”
“EZ FER WAR, I CALL IT MURDER”
“GOD’LL SEND THE BILL TO YOU”
“ONCE TO EVERY MAN AND NATION”
SUMMARY
CHAPTER FIVE Representations of Peace Bertha von Suttner, Activist and Visionary on Dreams, Peace, and Justice
YOUTH AND FORMATIVE YEARS
THE PACIFIST WRITER (1889)
THE PEACE WORKER
SUTTNER’S LEGACY
CHAPTER SIX Peace Movements
INTRODUCTION
THE PEACE MOVEMENT: CAMPAIGNING FOR PACIFICISM OR PACIFISM
1815–67: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN ANGLO-AMERICAN-LED MOVEMENT
1867–1914: A EUROPE-LED “PATRIOTIC” MOVEMENT
1914–20: A MOVEMENT RECONSTRUCTED BY WORLD WAR
CHAPTER SEVEN Peace, Security, and Deterrence: “The greatest work of civilization” The Hague Conferences of 1899, 1907, and 1915
CHAPTER EIGHT Peace as Integration Tolstoy on Peace and the End of History
CALCULUS
INTEGRATION
FREEDOM AND SELF-ASSERTION
FREEDOM AND SELF-PRESERVATION
OVERCOMING FREEDOM
SELF-ABNEGATION
VII.
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
