Research Catalog

Title

A natural history of peace / edited by Thomas Gregor.

Publication

Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gregor, Thomas.

Description

xxiii, 320 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Subject

Peace > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Thomas Gregor -- 1. The Specter of Peace in Unlikely Places: Concept and Paradox in the Anthropology of Peace / Donald Tuzin -- 2. The Biological Basis of Peaceful Coexistence: A Review of Reconciliation Research on Monkeys and Apes / Frans B.M. De Waal -- 3. The Human Evolution of Cooperative Interest / Bruce M. Knauft -- 4. The Natural History of Peace: A Positive View of Human Nature and Its Potential / Leslie E. Sponsel -- 5. The Psychological and Cultural Roots of Group Violence and the Creation of Caring Societies and Peaceful Group Relations / Ervin Staub -- 6. Two Paths to Peace: Semai and Mehinaku Nonviolence / Thomas Gregor and Clayton A. Robarchek -- 7. The Aucas, the Cannibals, and the Missionaries: From Warfare to Peacefulness Among the Waorani / Clayton A. Robarchek and Carole J. Robarchek -- 8. War, Peace, and the Collapse of a Native American Civilization: Lessons for Contemporary Systems of Conflict / Arthur A. Demarest -- 9. Why Violence Is Rejected or Renounced: A Case Study of Oppositional Terrorism / Martha Crenshaw -- 10. Understanding Peace: Insights from International Relations Theory and Research / John A. Vasquez -- 11. Peace, Justice, Freedom, and Competence in a Changing World / Kenneth E. Boulding.

ISBN

• 0826512720 (alk. paper)
• 0826512801 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95039462^

OCLC

• 33440429
• SCSB-10724713

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library