MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01638nam a22003138a 4500
001 2008029873
003 DLC
005 20080729180043.0
008 080725s2009 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008029873
020 $a9780226068145 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0226068145 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $ae------
050 00 $aCB19$b.B598 2009
082 00 $a303.48/201$222
100 1 $aBowden, Brett,$d1968-
245 14 $aThe empire of civilization :$bthe evolution of an imperial idea /$cBrett Bowden.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2009.
263 $a0904
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Guizot's question : universal civilization? -- pt. 1. 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? -- pt. 2. 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" -- pt. 3. New barbarism, old civilization, revived imperialism -- New barbarism and the test of modernity -- The "new realities" of imperialism -- Conclusion: The future of intercivilizational relations.
650 0 $aCivilization$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aCivilization$xHistory.
650 0 $aImperialism.
650 0 $aInternational relations$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aPhilosophy, European.
651 0 $aEurope$xTerritorial expansion.