Cross-Cultural History and the Domestication of Otherness
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Hardcover. This book illuminates our understanding of what happens when different cultures meet. Twelve cultural historians explore the mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate that while they often occur on the wave of global forces and influences, they only acquire meaning locally, where culture inherently resides. Editor(s): Rozbicki, Michal Jan; Ndege, George O. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
This book illuminates our understanding of what happens when different cultures meet. Twelve cultural historians explore the mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate that while they often occur on the wave of global forces and influences, they only acquire meaning locally, where culture inherently resides.
This book illuminates our understanding of what happens when different cultures meet. Twelve cultural historians explore the mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate that while they often occur on the wave of global forces and influences, they only acquire meaning locally, where culture inherently resides.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230339972
SKU
V9780230339972
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99-15
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MICHAL JAN ROZBICKI Associate Professor of History at Saint Louis University, USA, and Director of the Center for Intercultural Studies. He has authored five books, including Culture and Liberty in the Age of the American Revolution (2011), and The Complete Colonial Gentleman: Cultural Legitimacy in Plantation America (1998). GEORGE O. NDEGE Associate Professor of History at Saint Louis University. His publications ... Read more
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