Cultural change in modern world history :
Stearns, Peter N.
Cultural change in modern world history : cases, causes and consequences / Peter N. Stearns, with Olivia A. O'Neill and Jack Censer. - 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm
Includes index.
'Culture change is one of the most interesting and significant features of human society, but until now there has been no book for the classroom which looks explicitly at this phenomenon. Cultural Change in Modern World History covers different kinds and levels of culture change since 1500 – from colonial culture contact in British India to modernization in Meiji Japan and changing attitudes towards gay marriage in the past decade – considering how we should define culture change, how to deal with causation and how to evaluate continuities and consequences. Stearns addresses fundamental questions: why do groups of people change their beliefs and values, and what happens when they do? Conversely, why do some groups resist culture change, and how do some manage to combine novel and more traditional cultural components?
Figuring out how better to understand why groups or societies change their minds – or refuse to do so – provides a crucial perspective on human behaviors and values. As the first book to explore this important question, Cultural Change in Modern World History is a ground-breaking text for students of world history, cultural history and anthropology." --Provided by publisher
Adult
Text in English
9781350054332 HB 9781350054349 PB 9781350054325 ePDF 9781350054356 eBook
History, Modern
Civilization, Modern.
Culture--History.
909.08 / .St799 2019
Cultural change in modern world history : cases, causes and consequences / Peter N. Stearns, with Olivia A. O'Neill and Jack Censer. - 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm
Includes index.
'Culture change is one of the most interesting and significant features of human society, but until now there has been no book for the classroom which looks explicitly at this phenomenon. Cultural Change in Modern World History covers different kinds and levels of culture change since 1500 – from colonial culture contact in British India to modernization in Meiji Japan and changing attitudes towards gay marriage in the past decade – considering how we should define culture change, how to deal with causation and how to evaluate continuities and consequences. Stearns addresses fundamental questions: why do groups of people change their beliefs and values, and what happens when they do? Conversely, why do some groups resist culture change, and how do some manage to combine novel and more traditional cultural components?
Figuring out how better to understand why groups or societies change their minds – or refuse to do so – provides a crucial perspective on human behaviors and values. As the first book to explore this important question, Cultural Change in Modern World History is a ground-breaking text for students of world history, cultural history and anthropology." --Provided by publisher
Adult
Text in English
9781350054332 HB 9781350054349 PB 9781350054325 ePDF 9781350054356 eBook
History, Modern
Civilization, Modern.
Culture--History.
909.08 / .St799 2019