A Cultural History of Peace

Ronald Edsforth is Distinguished Senior Lecturer in History and Chair of Globalization Studies in the Masters in Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program at Dartmouth College, USA. He is the author of The New Deal: America's Response to the Great Depression (2000) and Class, Capital and Cultural Consensus (1986). He is also the co-editor, along with Larry Bennett, of Popular Culture and Political Change in Modern America (1991).

Volume 1: A Cultural History of Peace in Antiquity, Edited by Sheila L. Ager, University of Waterloo, Canada
1. Definitions of Peace, Sarah Bolmarcich
2. Human Nature, Peace, and War, Kurt Raaflaub
3. Peace, War, and Gender, Lynette Mitchell
4. Peace, Pacifism, and Religion, Julia Wilker
5. Representations of Peace, Judith Fletcher
6. Peace as Integration, Paul Burton
7. Peace Movements, Craige B. Champion
8. Peace, Security, and Deterrence, Jason Crowley and Cecilia Ricci

Volume 2: A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age, Edited by Walter Simons, Dartmouth College, USA
1. Definitions of Peace, Jehangir Yezdi Malegam
2. Human Nature, Peace, and War, Gregory M. Reichberg
3. Peace, War, and Gender, Katrin E. Sjursen
4. Peace and Religion, Anne Marie Wolf
5. Representations of Peace, Walter Simons
6. Peace Movements, James A. Palmer
7. Peace, Security, and Deterrence, Jenny Benham
8. Peace as Integration, Geoffrey Koziol

Volume 3: A Cultural History of Peace in the Renaissance, Edited by Isabella Lazzarini, University of Molise, Italy
1. Definitions of Peace, Filippo Del Lucchese and Alastair Mordaunt
2. Human Nature, Peace, and War, Andrea Guidi
3. Peace, War, and Gender, Brian Sandberg
4. Peace and Religion, Elena Bonora
5. Representations of Peace, Sean Roberts
6. Peace Movements, Diego Pirillo
7. Peace, Security, and Deterrence, Rebecca Boone
8. Peace as Integration, Kazuhisa Takeda

Volume 4: A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment, Stella Ghervas, Newcastle University, UK and David Armitage, Harvard University, USA
1. Definitions of Peace, Anthony Pagden
2. Human Nature, Peace, and War, Theodore Christov
3. Peace, War, and Gender, Sylvana Tomaselli
4. Peace and Religion, Murad Idris
5. Representations of Peace, Jennifer Milam
6. Peace Movements, Stephen Conway
7. Peace, Security, and Deterrence, Doohwan Ahn and Richard Whatmore
8. Peace as Integration, Martti Koskenniemi

Volume 5: A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire, Edited by Ingrid Sharp, University of Leeds, UK
1. Definitions of Peace, Stella Ghervas
2. Human Nature, Peace, and War, Ingrid Sharp
3. Peace, War, and Gender, Sandi E. Cooper
4. Peace, Pacifism, and Religion, Clive Barrett
5. Representation of Peace, Laurie R. Cohen
6. Peace Movements, Martin Caedel
7. Peace, Security, and Deterrence, Maartje Abbenhuis
8. Peace as Integration, Jeff Love

Volume 6: A Cultural History of Peace in the Modern Age, Edited by Ronald Edsforth, Dartmouth College, USA
1. Definitions of Peace, Charles Webel and Marcel Kaba
2. Human Nature, Peace, and War, Douglas P. Fry and Geneviève Souillac
3. Peace, War, and Gender, Donna Pankhurst
4. Peace and Religion, Toh Swee-Hin
5. Representations of Peace, Rune Ottosen and Ronald Edsforth
6. Peace Movements, Cecelia Lynch
7. Peace, Security, and Deterrence, John Mueller
8. Peace as Integration, Geneviève Souillac