An original and richly illustrated study of the pictorial and written representations of Cook's voyages.

History.

The term civilization comes with considerable baggage, dichotomizing people, cultures, and histories as civilized - or not. While the idea of civilization has b

Evil and barbarism continue to be associated with the totalitarian 'extremes' of twentieth-century Europe. Addressing domestic and imperial conflicts in modern

From its beginnings in the early twelfth century, the Western civilizing process has involved two interconnected transformations: the monopolization of military