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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 antiquit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rodgers, Daniel T. (Editor ), Raman, Bhavani (Editor ), Reimitz, Helmut (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Colección:Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University.
Temas:
Cross-cultural studies.
Culture.
Civilization.
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Civilization
Études transculturelles.
Civilisation.
civilization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Cross-cultural studies
Culture
Kultur.
Kulturspridning.
Society.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 cultural practices through the lens of motion, translation, itinerancy, and exchange, extending the.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400849895
1400849896

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