The first in a four-volume set, The Cambridge World History of Violence, Volume 1 provides a comprehensive examination of violence in prehistory and the ancient

The era from 1400 to 1800 saw intense biological, commercial, and cultural exchanges, and the creation of global connections on an unprecedented scale. Divided

The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.

This book explores the theme of violence, repression and atrocity in imperial and colonial empires, as well as its representations and memories, from the late e