Lo llamaron paz

La violencia de los imperios

La historia de cómo las prácticas habituales de violencia de los imperios europeos redefinieron los contornos del mundo. "A la rapiña, el asesinato y el robo los llaman con nombre falso gobernar, y donde crean un desierto, lo llaman paz", Tácito puso estas palabras en ...

They called it peace

worlds of imperial violence

A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empires Imperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at their discretion. They Called It ...

Rage for order

the British Empire and the origins of international Law, 1800 1850

International law burst on the scene as a new field in the late nineteenth century. Where did it come from? Rage for Order finds the origins of international law in empires especially in the British Empire s sprawling efforts to refashion the imperial constitution and ...

Law and colonial cultures

legal regimes in world history, 1400-1900