A history of violence : from the end of the Middle Ages to the present
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- ISBN: 9780745647470 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0745647472 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780745647463
- ISBN: 0745647464
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Physical Description:
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vi, 377 pages ; 23 cm - Edition: English ed.
- Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, ©2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in French under title: Une histoire de la violence. Editions du Seuil, ©2008. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-360) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. What is violence? Is violence innate? -- Violence and manliness -- Semen and blood : a history of honour -- 2. Violence : seven centuries of spectacular decline. The reliability of the crime figures -- Seven centuries of decline -- The 'making' of young men -- 3. The youth festivals of violence (thirteenth to seventeenth centuries). A culture of violence -- Violent festivities and brutal games -- Youth violence -- 4. The urban peace at the end of the Middle Ages. The pacificatory towns -- Controlling the young -- Violence costs dear -- 5. Cain and Medea : homicide and the construction of sexed genders (1500-1650). A judicial revolution -- In pursuit of the ungrateful son : the spread of the blood taboo -- Medea, the guilty mother -- 6. The noble duel and popular revolt : the metamorphoses of violence. The duel, a French exception -- Noble youths sharpen their swords -- Popular violence and the frustrations of youth -- 7. Violence tamed (1650-1960). Murder is forbidden -- The civilizing town -- Violence and changing concepts of honour in the countryside -- 8. Mortal thrills and crime fiction (sixteenth to twentieth centuries). The devil, assuredly: the birth of crime fiction -- From bloodthirsty murderer to well-loved bandit -- Blood and ink -- 9. The return of the gangs: contemporary adolescence and violence. Death in paradise -- Juvenile deliquency -- 'Rebel without a cause' or 'eternal recurrence' -- Is the end of violence possible? |
Language Note: | Translated from French. |
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Subject: | Violence Europe History Violence History Violence Social aspects History Violence Prevention History Nonviolence History Youth and violence |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HN 380 .Z9 M83 2012 | 30775305477169 | General Collection | Available | - |