Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 303 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0226068145
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9780226068145
Content:
The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, dichotomizing people, cultures, and histories as "civilized"-or not. While the idea of civilization has been deployed throughout history to justify all manner of interventions and sociopolitical engineering, few scholars have stopped to consider what the concept actually means. Here, Brett Bowden examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries. From the Crusades to the colonial era to the global war on terror, this sweeping volume exposes "civilizat
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226068145
Additional Edition:
Print version The Empire of Civilization : The Evolution of an Imperial Idea
Language:
English
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