The four-volume collection is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive examination of violence from prehistory to the present, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, IMAGE: The collection's first volume provides readers with a wide-ranging examination of violence as a broad phenomenon from prehistory to the end of classical antiquity.

Leading experts from around the world have pooled their knowledge to provide concise, authoritative examinations of the complex phenomenon of human violence. Volume I: The Prehistoric and Ancient Worlds is co-edited by Mark Hudson, a researcher with the Eurasia3angle Group at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH). Get this from a library! He has written on the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, memoirs, violence, and colonialism, and is the general editor (with Joy Damousi) of the four-volume Cambridge World History of Violence, forthcoming from Cambridge University Press. by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system. The Cambridge World History of Violence will be published by Cambridge University Press in the UK as a four-volume set on March 26, 2020.

The first in a four-volume set, The Cambridge World History of Violence, volume I provides a comprehensive examination of violence in prehistory and the ancient world.

The collection's first volume provides readers with a wide-ranging examination of violence as a broad phenomenon from prehistory to the end of classical antiquity. The first in a four-volume set, The Cambridge World History of Violence, Volume 1 provides a comprehensive examination of violence in prehistory and the ancient world. provides eligible reporters with free access to embargoed and breaking news releases.

The first in a four-volume set, The Cambridge World History of Violence, volume I provides a comprehensive examination of violence in prehistory and the ancient world. Andrew (AJ) Zeilstra The file will be sent to your email address. This four-volume Cambridge World History of Violence is the first collection of its kind to look at violence across different periods of human history and different regions of the world. Covering southern Africa, the Near East, Europe India, China, Japan and Central America, the first volume complements, and in some cases critiques, previous research on the anthropology and psychology of violence in the human story - one of modern society's key intellectual issues. All four volumes are available for pre-order now from Cambridge University Press.

Covering the period through to the end of classical antiquity, the chapters take a global perspective spanning sub-Saharan Africa, the Near East, Europe, India, China, Japan and Central America. This book explores one of the most intractable problems of human existence - our propensity to inflict violence.

The Cambridge World History of Violence: Gordon, Matthew, Kaeuper, Richard, Zurndorfer, Harriet: 9781107156388: Books - Amazon.ca Publication in North America will follow in May.

[Robert Antony; Stuart Carroll; Caroline Dodds Pennock;] -- In the period from 1500 to 1800 the problem of violence necessitated asking fundamental questions and formulating answers about the most basic forms of human organisation and interactions. are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! Written by a team of contributors who are experts in their respective fields, this volume will be of interest to researchers, instructors, and anyone fascinated by archaeology and the ancient world. You can write a book review and share your experiences. is a service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Volume I: The Prehistoric and Ancient Worlds is co-edited by Mark Hudson of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Linda Fibiger of the University of Edinborough, Garret G. Fagan of Pennsylvania State University, and Matthew Trundle of the University of Auckland. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £20. The Cambridge World History of Violence will be published by Cambridge University Press in the UK as a four-volume set on March 26, 2020. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books you've read. The Cambridge World History of Violence provides both a more global and a more contextual take on Pinker's work, showing that a lot of evidence from prehistory and antiquity does not support his hypothesis.