Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
May 31, 2019 |
Feb. 28, 2019 |
Aug. 31, 2018 |
May 31, 2018 |
Feb. 28, 2018 |
Aug. 31, 2017 |
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| Accounting Policies [Abstract] | ||||||
| New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Cumulative Effect of Change on Equity or Net Assets | $ 100 | |||||
| Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items] | ||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments | 138,331 | $ 158,497 | ||||
| Pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax | 15,221 | 15,748 | ||||
| Total shareholders’ equity | (607,424) | $ (585,630) | (558,712) | $ (601,028) | $ (589,281) | $ (500,539) |
| AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member] | ||||||
| Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items] | ||||||
| Total shareholders’ equity | $ 153,552 | $ 139,752 | $ 174,245 | $ 164,180 | $ 143,227 | $ 227,261 |
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- Definition AOCI - Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, net of tax No definition available.
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- Definition AOCI - Pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax No definition available.
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle or new accounting pronouncement on retained earnings or other components of equity or net assets in the statement of financial position as of the beginning of the earliest period presented. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of stockholders' equity (deficit), net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity, attributable to both the parent and noncontrolling interests. Amount excludes temporary equity. Alternate caption for the concept is permanent equity. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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