Title Approaches to the study of intercultural transfer / Thomas Adam

Published London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- New ways to write the history of Western Europe and the United States: the concept of intercultural transfer -- Social housing reform and intercultural transfer in the transatlantic world before World War I -- Cultural excursions: the transnational transfer of museums in the transatlantic world -- The intercultural transfer of football: the contexts of Germany and Argentina -- Interreligious and intercultural transfers of the tradition of philanthropy -- Change through non-violence: the rationalization of conflict solution -- From Weihnachten to Christmas: the invention of a modern holiday ritual and its transfer from Germany to England and the United States Summary "Approaches to the Study of Intercultural Transfer" presents a collection of compelling case studies in the areas of social reform, museums, philanthropy, football, nonviolent resistance and holiday rituals such as Christmas that demonstrate key mechanisms of intercultural transfers. Each chapter provides the application of the intercultural transfer studies paradigm to a specific and distinct historical phenomenon. These chapters not only illustrate the presence or even the depth and frequency of intercultural transfer, but they also reveal specific aspects of the intercultural transfer of phenomena, the role of agents of intercultural transfer and the transformations of ideas transferred between cultures thereby contributing to our understanding of the mechanisms of intercultural transfers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed October 30, 2019) Subject Cross-cultural studies. Culture diffusion -- History History -- Comparative studies Social history -- Methodology Transnationalism -- Historiography Cross-Cultural Comparison HISTORY -- Modern -- 19th Century. Cross-cultural studies Culture diffusion History Social history -- Methodology Genre/Form Comparative studies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781785271663 1785271660 1785271679 9781785271670

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