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Intercultural transfers and the making of the modern world, 1800-2000 : sources and contexts Thomas Adam. text

By: Adam, ThomasMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York Palgrave Macmillan 2012Description: 158 p. PBKISBN: 9780230243545 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0230243541 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780230243538; 0230243533Subject(s): Cooperative societies - History | Eugenics - History | Hill, Octavia, 1838-1912 | Montessori method of education - History | Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 | Passive resistance - History | Culture diffusion - History - Case studies | Social change - History - Case studies | Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952 | Housing - HistoryDDC classification: 909.8 ADA
Contents:
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.
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<p>Includes bibliographical references and index.</p>

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.

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