Approaches to the Study of Intercultural Transfer

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A study and exploration of the intricacies and mechanisms of intercultural transfers.

Approaches to the Study of Intercultural Transfer presents a collection of compelling case studies in the area of social reform, museums, philanthropy, football, nonviolent resistance and holiday rituals such as Christmas that demonstrate key mechanisms of intercultural transfers. Each chapter provides the application of the intercultural transfer studies paradigm to a specific and distinct historical phenomenon.

'This collection offers a practical introduction to the theory, methodology and implications of intercultural history. The book's well researched, clearly argued case studies bring together a mass of material and references that will be much appreciated by researchers focused on social policy, philanthropy, cultural institutions and popular culture in transnational context.' Alan Lessoff, Illinois State University

'Thomas Adam's new book provides us with a rich and stimulating collection of essays. The many different examples of cross national and cross-Atlantic exchanges make the book interesting to a wide range of readers, while also serving as a model of how to design similar case studies. He argues convincingly that transfer did not make the world more homogeneous, but that it strengthened its diversity.' Axel Krner, Director, UCL Centre for Transnational History, University College London

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The analysis of the resemantizations that led to the creation of an American culture constitutes a promising new field of inquiry in the wide framework of transcultural transfer. Thomas Adam's book is an important milestone in this regard. Michel Espagne: Rezension zu: Adam, Thomas: T. Adam: Approaches to the Study of Intercultural Transfer London 2020. ISBN 9781785271656, in: Connections. A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists, 26.03.2021,

This collection offers a practical introduction to the theory, methodology and implications of intercultural history. The books well-researched, clearly argued case studies bring together a mass of material and references that will be much appreciated by researchers focused on social policy, philanthropy, cultural institutions and popular culture in transnational context.
Alan Lessoff, University Professor of History, Illinois State University, USA

Thomas Adams new book provides us with a rich and stimulating collection of essays. The many different examples of cross-national and cross-Atlantic exchanges make the book interesting to a wide range of readers, while also serving as a model of how to design similar case studies. He argues convincingly that transfer did not make the world more homogeneous, but that it strengthened its diversity.
Axel Krner, Professor of Modern History, and Director, UCL Centre for Transnational History, University College London

Author Bio

Thomas Adam is professor of transnational history at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. The editor of the Yearbook of Transnational History, he has edited and published more than 25 books and specializes in the study of intercultural transfer and philanthropy. Among Adams most recent publications are Transnational Philanthropy: The Mond Familys Support for Public Institutions in Western Europe from 1890 to 1938 (2016); Philanthropy, Civil Society, and the State in German History, 18151989 (2016); and Intercultural Transfers and the Making of the Modern World, 18002000 (2012).