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

ISBN-13: 9780230243538 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 168 str.

Thomas Adam

Opis

For far too long, the history of the modern era has been written as a history of isolated nation states. This book which presents both interpretation and primary source documents challenges a nation-centred account, exploring the interconnected and interrelated nature of societies in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Responding to the burgeoning interest and number of courses in global and world history, Intercultural Transfers and the Making of the Modern World introduces both the methods and materials of transnational history. Case studies highlight transnational connections through the examples of cooperatives, housing reform, education, eugenics and non-violent resistance. By embracing the interconnected nature of human history across continents and oceans and by employing the concept of intercultural transfer, Adam explores the roots and global distribution of major transformations and their integration into local, regional, and national contexts. This is an invaluable resource for the study of global, world and transnational history.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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-volume encyclopaedia Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History.