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Violence and culture : a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach / Jack David Eller.

By: Eller, Jack David, 1959-.
Publisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2006Description: xiv, 346 p. : maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0534522793 (pbk.); 9780534522797 (pbk.).Subject(s): Violence -- Cross-cultural studies | Violence -- Cross-cultural studies -- Case studiesDDC classification: 303.6
Contents:
1. Cross-cultural approaches to violence: the problem of definition and research -- 2. Theoretical approaches to violence: biological, psychological, and social -- 3. Violence in cross-cultural context: introduction and noviolent societies -- 4. Violence in cross-cultural context: traditional and complex violent societies -- 5. Gender and intimate violence -- 6. Religious violence: introduction -- 7. Religious violence: case studies -- 8. Political violence: introduction -- 9. Political violence: case studies -- 10. Violence in American society: introduction -- 11. Violence in American society: case studies.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-338) and index.

1. Cross-cultural approaches to violence: the problem of definition and research -- 2. Theoretical approaches to violence: biological, psychological, and social -- 3. Violence in cross-cultural context: introduction and noviolent societies -- 4. Violence in cross-cultural context: traditional and complex violent societies -- 5. Gender and intimate violence -- 6. Religious violence: introduction -- 7. Religious violence: case studies -- 8. Political violence: introduction -- 9. Political violence: case studies -- 10. Violence in American society: introduction -- 11. Violence in American society: case studies.