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9780230243545

Intercultural Transfers and the Making of the Modern World, 1800-2000 Sources and Contexts

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    9780230243545

  • ISBN10:

    0230243541

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-12-15
  • Publisher: SPRINGER - VERLAG

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Summary

This introduction and collection of sources for courses on world and transnational history, focuses on the interconnected and interrelated nature of societies and cultures from 1800 onwards. Case studies trace transnational connections through the examples of cooperatives, housing reform, education, eugenics and non-violent resistance.

Author Biography

Thomas Adam is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. He is the author of Buying Respectability: Philanthropy and Urban-Society it Transnational Perspective, 1840stp 1930s arid editor of the three-volume encyclopedia Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: The Nature of Intercultural Transfer
Cooperatives and Capitalism: The Democratization of the Economy
Better Housing for Better Citizens: Octavia Hill's Worldwide Appeal to Housing Reform
Better Citizens for a Better Future? The Transnational Transfer of Eugenics
From Memorization to Problem-Solving: Maria Montessori's Contribution to School Reform in the Twentieth Century
Change Through Non-Violence: The Rationalization of Conflict Solution
Suggestions For Further Reading
Bibliography

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