Table of Contents

1: J. Silverberg and J.P. Gray: Violence and Peacefulness as Behavioral Potentialities of Primates
2: F.B.M. de Waal: Aggression as a Well-Integrated Part of Primate Social Relationships: A Critique of the Seville Statement on Violence
3: D.S. Sade: Dominance Hierarchies as Partial Orders: A New Look at Old Ideas
4: J.D. Baldwin: Determinants of Aggression in Squirrel Monkeys
5: K.B. Strier: Causes and Consequences of Nonaggression Among the Woolly Spider Monkey or Muriqui
6: M.E. Pereira: The Development of Dominance Relations Before Puberty in Cercopithecene Societies
7: F.F. Strayer: The Development of Agonistic and Affiliative Structures in Preschool Play Groups
8: C. Lauer: Variability in the Patterns of Agonistic Behavior of Preschool Children
9: C.A. Robarchek and C.J. Robarchek: Cultures of War and Peace: A Comparative Study of Waorani and Semai
10: R.K. Denton: The Rise, Maintenance and Destruction of Peaceable Polity: A Preliminary Essay in Political Ecology
11: M.H. Ross: Social Structure, Psychocultural Dispositions and Violent Conflict: Extensions from a Cross-Cultural Study

Reviews

"It did succeed brilliantly in widening the narrow focus of the SSV by providing a more balance view of what 'science does know about aggression and violence in humans and other animals.'. . .you will finish with the. . .sense that aggression and peacefulness is an urgent issues, and that good, responsible science is imperative since science and society cannot be separated." --American Journal of Physical Anthropology
"Rich in data and clear thinking. Most of the contributions are competent and readable summaries of the state of affairs within the respective disciplines. . .a must for primatologists, anthropologists, students of war and peace and in general anyone interested in the comparative and/or evolutionary study of behavior. . .the book looks, feels and smells good." --Human Ethology Newsletter
"Timely. . .11 well-presented essays bring together recent perspectives. . .exciting. . .It does move us toward a clearer understanding of both aggression and peacefulness." --American Anthropologist
"Interesting. . .designed to yield insights into the human condition through interspecific behavioral comparisons. . .I commend it to anyone concerned about aggression and violence among humans and our primate relatives." --The Quarterly Review of Biology
"Competent and very readable summaries of the state of the art within the respective disciplines or specialisms. . . . a must for primatologists, psychologists, anthropologists, students of war and peace in preindustrial societies, and in general anyone interested in the comparative and/or evolutionary study of behavior." --European Sociobiological Society
"It did succeed brilliantly in widening the narrow focus of the SSV by providing a more balance view of what 'science does know about aggression and violence in humans and other animals.'. . .you will finish with the. . .sense that aggression and peacefulness is an urgent issues, and that good, responsible science is imperative since science and society cannot be separated." --American Journal of Physical Anthropology
"Rich in data and clear thinking. Most of the contributions are competent and readable summaries of the state of affairs within the respective disciplines. . .a must for primatologists, anthropologists, students of war and peace and in general anyone interested in the comparative and/or evolutionary study of behavior. . .the book looks, feels and smells good." --Human Ethology Newsletter
"Timely. . .11 well-presented essays bring together recent perspectives. . .exciting. . .It does move us toward a clearer understanding of both aggression and peacefulness." --American Anthropologist
"Interesting. . .designed to yield insights into the human condition through interspecific behavioral comparisons. . .I commend it to anyone concerned about aggression and violence among humans and our primate relatives." --The Quarterly Review of Biology
"Competent and very readable summaries of the state of the art within the respective disciplines or specialisms. . . . a must for primatologists, psychologists, anthropologists, students of war and peace in preindustrial societies, and in general anyone interested in the comparative and/or evolutionary study of behavior." --European Sociobiological Society