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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778468503321

Titolo

State violence and the right to peace [[electronic resource] ] : an international survey of the views of ordinary people / / Kathleen Malley-Morrison, editor ; foreword by John M. Whiteley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, c2009

ISBN

1-282-36140-6

9786612361401

0-275-99648-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1213 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Malley-MorrisonKathleen

Disciplina

303.6094

Soggetti

Violence - Europe - History

Violence - North America - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Foreword: Ordinary People, Country Portraits, and State Violence and Aggression; Set Introduction; Introduction to Volume 1; Part I. Western Europe; 1 Great Britain; 2 Northern Ireland; 3 Portugal; 4 Spain; 5 France; 6 Iceland; 7 Sweden; Part II. North America; 8 The United States: European Americans; 9 The United States: Ethnic Minorities; 10 Canada; 11 An Integrative Conclusion for Volume 1; Notes; Index; About the Editor and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

A thought-provoking revelation of the ways ordinary people-conquerors and conquered, imperialists and the colonized, Christians, Jews, and Muslims-think about war and peace.