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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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On the Body
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In the Air
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In the Womb
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Outcome
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'It gave me great pleasure, not least because it is so elegantly written; and above all it did what all splendid books should do, it whetted my curiosity' - Roy Porter
'Rewarding and innovative.' - The Times Higher
'The crescendo of a highly successful writing career...a very remarkable book by a very remarkable man.' - Peter Laslett, The American Historical Review
'In The Savage Wars of Peace, we have a rare work combining highly dense and detailed scholarship with both lucid prose and an intriguing argument for students of both demography and politics.' - Bethany Lacina, Journal of Peace Research
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Book Title: The Savage Wars of Peace
Book Subtitle: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap
Authors: Alan Macfarlane
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598324
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Alan Macfarlane 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-0432-4Published: 19 November 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59832-4Published: 19 November 2002
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXV, 427
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Social History, Cultural History, History of Britain and Ireland, Asian History