TY - BOOK AU - Adam,Thomas TI - Intercultural transfers and the making of the modern world, 1800-2000 : sources and contexts SN - 9780230243545 U1 - 303.4 22 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Hill, Octavia, KW - Montessori, Maria, KW - Gandhi, KW - Culture diffusion KW - History KW - Case studies KW - Social change KW - Cooperative societies KW - Housing KW - Eugenics KW - Montessori method of education KW - Passive resistance N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the nature of intercultural transfer -- Cooperatives and capitalism : the democratization of the economy -- Better housing for better citizens : Octavia Hill's worldwide appeal to housing reform -- Better citizens for a better future? : the transnational transfer of eugenics -- From memorization to problem-solving : Maria Montessori's contribution to school reform in the twentieth century -- Change through non-violence : the rationalization of conflict solution ER -