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Modernity and Culture: From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean
Leila Fawaz (Ed.)
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Paperback. Between the 1890s and the 1920s, cities in the vast region stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean were experiencing political, social, economic and cultural changes. This study provides a comparative analysis of contested versions of the concept of modernity. Editor(s): Fawaz, Leila; Bayly, C. A. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 1QSN; 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Between the 1890s and 1920s, cities in the vast region stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean were experiencing political, social, economic, and cultural changes that had been set in motion at least since the early nineteenth century. As the age of pre-colonial empires gave way to colonial and national states, there was a sense that a particular liberalism of culture and economy had been irretrievably lost to a more intolerant age. Avoiding such dichotomies as East/West and modernity/tradition, this book provides a comparative analysis of contested versions of the concept of modernity. The book examines not only the "high" culture of scholars and the literati, but also popular music, the visual arts, and journalism. The contributors incorporate discussion of the way in which the business in both commodities and ideas was conducted in the increasingly cosmopolitan cities of the time.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231114271
SKU
V9780231114271
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About Leila Fawaz (Ed.)
Leila Tarazi Fawaz is a professor of history in the School of Arts and Sciences and a professor of diplomacy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, both at Tufts University. C. A. Bayly is professor of history at Cambridge University and fellow of St. Catharine's College.
Reviews for Modernity and Culture: From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean
The guiding vision behind this collection is profound, and the overall quality of the articles is excellent. American Historical Review The volume is a major contribution to the growing field of comparative history...Modernity and Culture, although focused on the Middle East and South Asia, will be of broad interest to students and teachers of world history for its explicit content and the stimulation it provides toward fresh conceptions and presentations of two major world regions in a global context.
Frank F. Conlon History: Reviews of New Books This book can be regarded as a landmark achievement in expanding the scope of historical studies... It will provide a most valuable starting point for a new type of comparative studies.
Ulrike Freitag School of Oriental and African Studies The contributors to Modernity and Culture capture many of the important trends that shaped the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean worlds during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Jennifer Derr Arab Studies Journal The totality of the essays in Modernity & Culture validate the need for cross-regional analysis. MESA Bulletin With its complex approach to the problems under study and its innovative interpretations, this collection represents an important stimulus.
Svetla Ianeva Mediterranean Historical Review
Frank F. Conlon History: Reviews of New Books This book can be regarded as a landmark achievement in expanding the scope of historical studies... It will provide a most valuable starting point for a new type of comparative studies.
Ulrike Freitag School of Oriental and African Studies The contributors to Modernity and Culture capture many of the important trends that shaped the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean worlds during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Jennifer Derr Arab Studies Journal The totality of the essays in Modernity & Culture validate the need for cross-regional analysis. MESA Bulletin With its complex approach to the problems under study and its innovative interpretations, this collection represents an important stimulus.
Svetla Ianeva Mediterranean Historical Review