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Title Cultural encounters : essays on the interactions of diverse cultures now and in the past / edited by Robert Cecil and David Wade ; with a foreword by Robert Cecil.

Imprint London : Octagon, 1990.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306 C899e 1990    ---  Available
Description xviii, 241 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents pt.1. Early eastern cultures: Constantinople and Baghdad: cultural relations / Steven Runciman -- Christian Georgia and Sufism / Katharine Vivian -- Europe and the great sophy / Roger Stevens -- pt.2. Perceptions of India: The influence of British and European literature on Hindu life / Nirad C. Chaudhuri -- The primal sympathy / Iris Butler -- Changes over time in western perceptions of Hindu culture / G.M. Carstairs -- The Indian guru and his disciple / Peter Brent -- pt.3. Encounters in the modern world: China between two worlds / Richard Harris -- Black culture and social inequality in Colombia / Peter Wade -- A clash of cultures: the Malaysian experience / David Widdicombe -- pt.4. Global imperatives: Ecology and development / Martin Holdgate -- The outlook for population / Eugene Grebenik -- The energy imperative / Alexander King.
Subject Culture -- History.
Culture diffusion.
Cultural relations.
Added Author Cecil, Robert, 1913-1994.
Wade, David.
ISBN 0863040500 : L.15.00
9780863040504
Standard No. UKM b9106668
NLGGC 087303736
NZ1 3746456
AU@ 000008323745

 
    
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