{"product_id":"violence-and-punishment-9780745653495","title":"Violence and Punishment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis innovative book tells the fascinating tale of the long histories of violence, punishment, and the human body, and how they are all connected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e award for Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Pieter Spierenburg is one of the world’s experts on the history of violent crime, and his writings are filled with fascinating facts and thought-provoking insights. The essays in this volume will inform and stimulate anyone interested in human violence and its history.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSteven Pinker, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Pieter Spierenburg is our leading student of the civilizing process in punishment and society. \u003ci\u003eViolence and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e ties together decades of research into the dynamics of violence and state formation; truly the definitive work on the topic.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJonathan Simon, University of California Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“With this strong new addition to his previous work, Pieter Spierenburg consolidates his position as Europe's leading historian of violence.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRoger Lane, Haverford College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Violence and Punishment within Civilizing Processes page 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE Violence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Long-Term Trends in Homicide: Amsterdam, Fifteenth–Twentieth Centuries 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Homicide and the Law in the Dutch Republic: A Peaceful Country? 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Violence and Culture: Bloodshed in Two or Three Worlds 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO Punishment and Social Control\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Punishment, Power and History: Foucault and Elias 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Monkey Butt’s Mate: On Informal Social Control, Standards of Violence and Notions of Privacy 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 \"The Green, Green Grass of Home:\" Refl ections on Capital Punishment and the Penal System in Europe and America from a Long-Term Perspective 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE Civilizing the Body in Human History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Elites and Etiquette: Changing Standards of Personal Conduct in the Netherlands until 1800 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Civilizing Celebrations: An Exploration of the Festive Universe 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Body’s End: Death and Paradise in Human History 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: A Personal Recollection of Norbert Elias and How I Became a Crime Historian 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchival Sources 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 221\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865706279255,"sku":"9780745653495","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745653495.jpg?v=1722275196","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/violence-and-punishment-9780745653495","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}