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Cultural Change in Modern World History
- Cases, Causes and Consequences
Engelsk Paperback
Cultural Change in Modern World History
- Cases, Causes and Consequences
Engelsk Paperback

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In this innovative textbook, leading world historian Peter Stearns analyses key examples of culture change from around the world, highlighting what culture change involves and how it can be explained and assessed, both historically and in the contemporary world.

Culture change is one of the most interesting and significant features of human society, but until now there has been no book for the classroom which looks explicitly at this phenomenon. Cultural Change in Modern World History covers different kinds and levels of culture change since 1500 – from colonial culture contact in British India to modernization in Meiji Japan and changing attitudes towards gay marriage in the past decade – considering how we should define culture change, how to deal with causation and how to evaluate continuities and consequences. Stearns addresses fundamental questions: why do groups of people change their beliefs and values, and what happens when they do? Conversely, why do some groups resist culture change, and how do some manage to combine novel and more traditional cultural components?

Figuring out how better to understand why groups or societies change their minds – or refuse to do so – provides a crucial perspective on human behaviors and values. As the first book to explore this important question, Cultural Change in Modern World History is a ground-breaking text for students of world history, cultural history and anthropology.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9781350054349
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1350054348
Udg. Dato:
13 dec 2018
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
233mm
Højde:
157mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
13 dec 2018
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