Intercultural transfers and the making of the modern world, 1800-2000 : sources and contexts /
Thomas Adam.
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- ix, 158 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Introduction : the nature of intercultural transfer -- Cooperatives and capitalism : the democratization of the economy -- Better housing for better citizens : Octavia Hill's worldwide appeal to housing reform -- Better citizens for a better future? : the transnational transfer of eugenics -- From memorization to problem-solving : Maria Montessori's contribution to school reform in the twentieth century -- Change through non-violence : the rationalization of conflict solution.