Approaches to the study of intercultural transfer / Thomas Adam.

"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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Adam, Thomas, 1968- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2020.
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Table of 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.