From the ruins of empire : the intellectuals who remade Asia / Pankaj Mishra.
From the ruins of empire : the intellectuals who remade Asia / Pankaj Mishra.
From the ruins of empire : the intellectuals who remade Asia / Pankaj Mishra.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Date
2012.
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N950.3/8
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Asia subordinated -- Egypt : 'the beginning of a series of great misfortunes' ; The slow battering of India and China ; The new global hierarchy -- The strange odyssey of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani -- An insignificant man in rough garments ; The 'sick man' of Europe and his dangerous self-therapy ; Egy...
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Edition
1st American ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
Provides an overview of the great thinkers and philosophical leaders from across Asia who helped change and shape the modern continent, including Tagore and Gandhi in India, Liang Qichao in China and Abdurreshi al Ibrahim in the Ottoman Empire.
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From the ruins of empire : the intellectuals who remade Asia / Pankaj Mishra.
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"Originally published in 2012 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, Great Britain, as From the ruins of empire: the revolt against the West and the remaking of Asia."--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N950.3/8
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9780374249595 (hardback)
0374249598 (hardback)
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950.3
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991015129529702626
