Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns : State-Building and Extraterritorial Violence in Early Modern Europe.

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The contemporary organization of global violence is neither timeless nor natural, argues Janice Thomson. It is distinctively modern. In this book she examines how the present arrangement of the world into violence-monopolizing sovereign states evolved over the six preceding centuries.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomson, Janice E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Violence > Europe > History.
Sovereignty.
Mercantile system > Europe > History.
Mercenary troops > Europe > History.
Pirates > Europe > History.
Violence > Europe > Histoire.
Souveraineté.
Mercantilisme > Europe > Histoire.
Mercenaires > Europe > Histoire.
Pirates > Europe > Histoire.
sovereignty.
HISTORY > Military > Biological & Chemical Warfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Mercantile system
Mercenary troops
Pirates
Politics and government
Sovereignty
Violence
Europe > Politics and government.
Europe > Politique et gouvernement.
Europe
Electronic resource.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The contemporary organization of global violence is neither timeless nor natural, argues Janice Thomson. It is distinctively modern. In this book she examines how the present arrangement of the world into violence-monopolizing sovereign states evolved over the six preceding centuries.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages)
ISBN:9781400821242
140082124X

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