Cultures in motion

by Raman, Bhavani Reimitz, Helmut Rodgers, Daniel T.

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In the wide-ranging and innovative essays of Cultures in Motion, a dozen distinguished historians offer new conceptual vocabularies for understanding how cultures have trespassed across geography and social space. From the transformations of the meanings and practices of charity during late antiquity and the transit of medical knowledge between early modern China and Europe, to the fusion of Irish and African dance forms in early nineteenth-century New York, these essays follow a wide array of …

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Full title :Cultures in motion / edited by Daniel T. Rodgers, Bhavani Raman, and Helmut Reimitz.

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Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
Place of Publication:Princeton
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (382 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781400849895, 1400849896
DOI:10.1515/9781400849895
oclc:ocn865818236
LC Classification:GN345.7
Dewey Decimal:306.09

pt. 1. The circulation of cultural practices -- pt. 2. Objects in transit -- pt. 3. Translations.

Subjects

Civilisation Civilization Cross-Cultural Comparison Cross-cultural studies Culture Études transculturelles Kultur Kulturspridning POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture Society