War before civilization : the myth of the peaceful savage / / Lawrence H. Keeley
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| Autore: |
Keeley Lawrence H
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| Titolo: |
War before civilization : the myth of the peaceful savage / / Lawrence H. Keeley
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 355/.009/01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Warfare, Prehistoric |
| Fortification, Prehistoric | |
| Weapons, Prehistoric | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | War before civilization |
| ISBN: | 0-19-988070-0 |
| 1-283-11329-5 | |
| 9786613113290 | |
| 0-19-976153-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790049603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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