{"product_id":"cultural-change-in-modern-world-peter-n-stearns-9781350054349","title":"Cultural Change in Modern World History: Cases, Causes and Consequences","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this innovative textbook, leading world historian Peter Stearns analyses key examples of culture change from around the world, highlighting what culture change involves and how it can be explained and assessed, both historically and in the contemporary world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCulture change is one of the most interesting and significant features of human society, but until now there has been no book for the classroom which looks explicitly at this phenomenon. \u003ci\u003eCultural Change in Modern World History \u003c\/i\u003ecovers different kinds and levels of culture change since 1500 - from colonial culture contact in British India to modernization in Meiji Japan and changing attitudes towards gay marriage in the past decade - considering how we should define culture change, how to deal with causation and how to evaluate continuities and consequences. Stearns addresses fundamental questions: why do groups of people change their beliefs and values, and what happens when they do? Conversely, why do some groups resist culture change, and how do some manage to combine novel and more traditional cultural components? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiguring out how better to understand why groups or societies change their minds - or refuse to do so - provides a crucial perspective on human behaviors and values. As the first book to explore this important question, \u003ci\u003eCultural Change in Modern World History\u003c\/i\u003e is a ground-breaking text for students of world history, cultural history and anthropology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter N. Stearns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350054348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350054349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Peter N. Stearns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202271691007,"sku":"9781350054349","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a86bb86-fddf-47d6-a4b7-13cea129d215.jpg?v=1756820116","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultural-change-in-modern-world-peter-n-stearns-9781350054349","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}