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Keeley Lawrence H |
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Titolo |
War before civilization [[electronic resource] /] / Lawrence H. Keeley |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-11329-5 |
9786613113290 |
0-19-976153-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Warfare, Prehistoric |
Fortification, Prehistoric |
Weapons, Prehistoric |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""1. The Pacified Past: The Anthropology of War""; ""2. The Dogs of War: The Prevalence and Importance of War""; ""3. Policy by Other Means: Tactics and Weapons""; ""4. Imitating the Tiger: Forms of Combat""; ""5. A Skulking Way of War: Primitive Warriors Versus Civilized Soldiers""; ""6. The Harvest of Mars: The Casualties of War""; ""7. To the Victor: The Profits and Losses of Primitive War""; ""8. Crying Havoc: The Question of Causes""; ""9. Bad Neighborhoods: The Contexts for War""; ""10. Naked, Poor, and Mangled Peace: Its Desirability and Fragility"" |
""11. Beating Swords into Metaphors: The Roots of the Pacified Past""""12. A Trout in the Milk: Discussion and Conclusions""; ""Appendix: Tables""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The myth of the peace-loving ""noble savage"" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized societies alone. Prehistoric warfare, according to this view, was little more than a |
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ritualized game, where casualties were limited and the effects of aggression relatively mild. Lawrence Keeley's groundbreaking War Before Civilization offers a devastating rebuttal to such comfortable myths and debunks the notion that warfare was introduced t |
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