Converting Cultures

Converting Cultures
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 530
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ISBN-10 : 9789004158221
ISBN-13 : 9004158227
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Book Synopsis Converting Cultures by : Dennis Dennis Charles Washburn

Download or read book Converting Cultures written by Dennis Dennis Charles Washburn and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers the concept of conversion as a tool for understanding transformations to modernity. It examines conversions to modernity within the Ottoman domain, India, China, and Japan as a reaction to the pressures of colonialism and imperialism.


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