Availability: In Stock

Cultural Change in Modern World History Cases, Causes and Consequences 1st Edition

SKU: 9781350054356

Original price was: $32.35.Current price is: $9.71.

Access Cultural Change in Modern World History Cases, Causes and Consequences 1st Edition Now. Discount up to 90%

Categories: ,

Additional information

Full Title

Cultural Change in Modern World History Cases, Causes and Consequences 1st Edition

Author(s)

Peter N. Stearns

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781350054356, 9781350054332, 9781350054349

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

In this innovative textbook, leading world historian Peter Stearns analyses key examples of culture change from around the world, highlighting what culture change involves and how it can be explained and assessed, both historically and in the contemporary world. 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.

Availability: In Stock

Cultural Change in Modern World History Cases, Causes and Consequences 1st Edition

SKU: 9781350054325

Original price was: $32.35.Current price is: $9.71.

Access Cultural Change in Modern World History Cases, Causes and Consequences 1st Edition Now. Discount up to 90%

Categories: ,

Additional information

Full Title

Cultural Change in Modern World History Cases, Causes and Consequences 1st Edition

Author(s)

Peter N. Stearns

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781350054325, 9781350054332, 9781350054349

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

In this innovative textbook, leading world historian Peter Stearns analyses key examples of culture change from around the world, highlighting what culture change involves and how it can be explained and assessed, both historically and in the contemporary world. 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.