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54 produkter
54 produkter
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
1 415 kr
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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.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
472 kr
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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.
Philanthropy, Patronage, and Civil Society
Experiences from Germany, Great Britain, and North America
Inbunden, Engelska, 2004
431 kr
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In Philanthropy, Patronage, and Civil Society, Thomas Adam has assembled a comparative set of case studies that challenge long-held and little-studied assumptions about the modern development of philanthropy. Histories of philanthropy have often neglected European patterns of giving and the importance of financial patronage to the emergence of modern industrialized societies. It has long been assumed, for example, that Germany never developed civic traditions of philanthropy as in the United States. In truth, however, 19th-century German museums, art galleries, and social housing projects were not only privately founded and supported, they were also blueprints for the creation of similar public institutions in North America. The comparative method of the essays also reveals the extent to which the wealthy classes on both sides of the Atlantic defined themselves through their philanthropic activities.Contributors are Thomas Adam, Maria Benjamin Baader, Karsten Borgmann, Tobias Brinkmann, Brett Fairbairn, Eckhardt Fuchs, David C. Hammack, Dieter Hoffmann, Simone Lässig, Margaret Eleanor Menninger, and Susannah Morris.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
445 kr
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In 19th-century Leipzig, Toronto, New York, and Boston, a newly emergent group of industrialists and entrepreneurs entered into competition with older established elite groups for social recognition as well as cultural and political leadership. The competition was played out on the field of philanthropy, with the North American community gathering ideas from Europe about the establishment of cultural and public institutions. For example, to secure financing for their new museum, the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art organized its membership and fundraising on the model of German art museums. The process of cultural borrowing and intercultural transfer shaped urban landscapes with the building of new libraries, museums, and social housing projects. An important contribution to the relatively new field of transnational history, this book establishes philanthropy as a prime example of the conversion of economic resources into social and cultural capital.
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
711 kr
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This volume includes the travel logs of Anna and George Ticknor from two journeys to the German Confederation from 1815 to 1817 and from 1835 to 1836. As members of an exclusive social class, the Ticknors enjoyed the privilege of traveling and living for an extended period in the German-speaking world, which conferred much-sought-after cultural and social distinction on them in Boston. A valuable primary source for American and German historians alike, these journals offer insight into the construction of American identities, as well as outside perspectives on German society, culture, and politics in the Age of Goethe. Simultaneously and independently composed by this husband and wife, these journals are the only known case of parallel male and female travel writing, thus affording a unique opportunity to explore gender as a factor in shaping their perceptions. A biographical glossary and extensive explanatory footnotes make this text accessible to a wide audience.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
375 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
255 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
378 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
270 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
415 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
295 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
375 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
362 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
415 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
442 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
255 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
228 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
295 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
335 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
188 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
295 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
188 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
190 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
215 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
215 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
562 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
321 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
415 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
321 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
335 kr
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