Civilizing Missions in the Twentieth Century
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2020-09-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004438125 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004438122 |
Rating | : 4/5 (122 Downloads) |
Download or read book Civilizing Missions in the Twentieth Century written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions in Civilizing Missions in the Twentieth Century discuss how top-down interventions to “improve” societies were justified in terms such as nation building, social engineering, humanitarianism, modernization or the spread of democracy.