- Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; New edition edition (19 Nov 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1403904324
- ISBN-13: 978-1403904324
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,854,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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
'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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This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine and disease in the last three hundred years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores such matters as the destruction of war, decline of famine, importance of certain drinks (especially tea), the use of human excrement and the effects of housing, clothing and bathing on human health. It also shows how the English and Japanese controlled fertility through marriage and sexual patterns, biological and contraceptive factors, abortion and infanticide. It proposes a new historical methodology through the examination of chains and causation.
At one level this is a book of detection, trying to solve one of the great unsolved mysteries of history. At another it is a work of cultural transition, trying to explain the material and cultural underpinnings of East Asia (Japan) and Europe (England) through a long historical period. It thus combines history, anthropology, medicine and demography with a detailed use of contemporary sources such as traveller's accounts, diaries and medical texts.
At one level this is a book of detection, trying to solve one of the great unsolved mysteries of history. At another it is a work of cultural transition, trying to explain the material and cultural underpinnings of East Asia (Japan) and Europe (England) through a long historical period. It thus combines history, anthropology, medicine and demography with a detailed use of contemporary sources such as traveller's accounts, diaries and medical texts.
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Not a dry academic tome., 6 July 2001
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This review is from: The Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap (Hardcover)
If you like economic and social history, and aren't put off by the price, this book is a gem. The author compares England and Japan and discusses why they didn't fall into a Malthusian boom and crash cycle. After reading the book, I wasn't quite sure he answered that question but I didn't care. The book is a fascinating, insightful look at these two very different cultures and is very worthwile for that reason.
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