The Oxford Handbook of Peace History
Charles F Howlett editor Christian Phillip Peterson editor Deborah D Buffton editor David L Hostetter editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:21st Sep '23
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The Oxford Handbook of Peace History offers a comprehensive analysis of peace history from ancient times to the present day. With contributions from an international roster of scholars, the Handbook provides researchers, students, and instructors a timely examination of the global dimensions of peace work. Organized around six major sections -- three chronological and three thematic -- the Handbook explores concepts such as peace activism, internationalism, social justice, and cultures of nonviolence as transformative ideas and policy practices. It also demonstrates how conceptions of peace and approaches to peacemaking have varied and developed since antiquity. By including interdisciplinary perspectives on peace, the Handbook introduces new pathways for understanding war, conflict, peacemaking, and violence. The chapters, along with the volume's comprehensive Introduction, provide useful resources for understanding the development of peace history as a discipline while highlighting the connections between peace history and fields such as peace and conflict studies.
The Handbook should be a standard reference resource in public and academic libraries, available for everyone who wants to learn about the challenges faced, as well as accomplishments made, in efforts to break the incessant cycle of violence that has dominated our recorded human existence. It provides a vital resource for anyone aspiring to hone their skills and habits and acquire the knowledge needed to engage in the advocacy for peacemaking. This Handbook is an effective riposte to the war-focused historical tradition. * Keith A. Knutson, Peace & Change *
- Winner of Winner, 2025 Peace History Society Edited Book Prize.
ISBN: 9780197549087
Dimensions: 256mm x 175mm x 62mm
Weight: 1724g
956 pages