{"product_id":"9781474238571","title":"Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCultural Histories Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStella Ghervas | David Armitage\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Modern \/ 17th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Peace\u003c\/i\u003e presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume, \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Peace in the Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e, explores peace in the period from 1648 to 1815. As with all the volumes in the illustrated \u003ci\u003eCultural History of Peace\u003c\/i\u003e set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Peace in the Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the long eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStella Ghervas\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Russian History at Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRéinventer la tradition: Alexandre Stourdza et l'Europe de la Sainte-Alliance \u003c\/i\u003e(2008). The book was awarded the Guizot Prize of the Académie Française in 2009, the Xenopol Prize of the Romanian Academy in 2010, the Prize and the Merit Diploma of the Academy of Moldova in 2009; it was also shortlisted in 2009 for the Grand Prix d'Histoire Chateaubriand (France).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Armitage\u003c\/b\u003e is the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Harvard University, USA. He is also an Affiliated Professor in the Harvard Department of Government, an Affiliated Faculty Member at Harvard Law School and an Honorary Professor of History at the University of Sydney, Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is the author or editor of fourteen books, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Ideological Origins of the British \u003c\/i\u003eEmpire (2000), which won the Longman\/History Today Book of the Year Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Declaration of Independence: A Global History \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), which was chosen as a \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eFoundations of Modern International Thought \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and (with Jo Guldi) \u003ci\u003eThe History Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). His most recent edited works are \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Early Modern Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), also a \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760-1840\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), a \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title, and \u003ci\u003ePacific Histories: Ocean, Land, People\u003c\/i\u003e(2014). His articles and essays have appeared in journals, newspapers and collections around the world and his works have been translated into Chinese, Danish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 February 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474238571\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63412908359820,"sku":"9781474238571","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_4dfc72d7-3a84-43f5-bba5-b841d8bbc1e7.jpg?v=1792539586","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781474238571","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}