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The empire of civilization : the evolution of an imperial idea
- Title
- The empire of civilization : the evolution of an imperial idea / Brett Bowden.
- Author
- Bowden, Brett, 1968-
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 09-2554 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 303 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Guizot's question : universal civilization? -- Civilization, progress, and history : universals all? -- The ideal of civilization : its origins, meanings, and implications -- Civilization and the idea of progress -- The notion of universal civilization : one end for all? -- The art and science of empire -- The expansion of Europe and the classical standard of civilization -- The burden of civilization and the "art and science of colonization" -- New barbarism, old civilization, revived imperialism -- New barbarism and the test of modernity -- The "new realities" of imperialism -- Conclusion: The future of intercivilizational relations.
- Call Number
- JFE 09-2554
- ISBN
- 9780226068145 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226068145 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008029873
- OCLC
- 237048325
- Author
- Bowden, Brett, 1968-
- Title
- The empire of civilization : the evolution of an imperial idea / Brett Bowden.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 09-2554