Intercultural transfers and the making of the modern world, 1800-2000: sources and contexts

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. THOMAS ADAM Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. He is the author of 'Buying Respectability: Philanthropy and Urban Society in Transnational Perspective, 1840s to 1930s' and editor of the three-volumeencyclopaedia 'Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History'. INDICE: 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

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24353-8
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 168
• Fecha Publicación: 09/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés