Civilizing Missions in the Twentieth Century |
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| Volume Editor:
| Barth, Boris
Hobson, Rolf |
| Series title: | Studies in Global Social History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-43695-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2020 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $166.00 |
Book Description:
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The contributions in Civilizing Missions in the Twentieth Centurydiscuss how top-down interventions to "improve" societies were justified in terms such as nation building, social engineering, humanitarianism, modernization or the spread of democracy.
The contributions in Civilizing Missions in the Twentieth Centurydiscuss how top-down interventions to "improve" societies were justified in terms such as nation building, social engineering, humanitarianism, modernization or the spread of democracy.