Introduction: Guizot's question : universal civilization?
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?
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"
New barbarism, old civilization, revived imperialism
New barbarism and the test of modernity
The "new realities" of imperialism
Conclusion: The future of intercivilizational relations.
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The empire of civilization : the evolution of an imperial idea by Brett Bowden. ISBN 9780226068145. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
