Civilizing missions in the twentieth century /

The civilizing mission associated with nineteenth-century colonialism became harder to justify after the First World War. In an increasingly anti-imperialist culture, elites reformulated schemes for the "improvement" of "inferior" societies. Nation building, social engineering, h...

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Other Authors:	Barth, Boris (Editor), Hobson, Rolf (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:	Studies in global social history ; v. 40.
Subjects:	World politics > 20th century. Nation-building. Social engineering. Democratization. International relations and culture. Western countries > Foreign relations.