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What China and India Once Were: The Pasts That May Shape the Global Future
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780231184700
- Subject Area
- Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- What China and India Once Were : the Pasts That May Shape the Global Future
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Subject
- Asia / India & South Asia, Asia / China, Customs & Traditions, Essays
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 23.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231184700
ISBN-13
9780231184700
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18038269976
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Publication Name
What China and India Once Were : the Pasts That May Shape the Global Future
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Subject
Asia / India & South Asia, Asia / China, Customs & Traditions, Essays
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2018-006946
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
In one stroke, What China and India Once Were opens up a new realm of knowledge. This bold experiment in comparative history not only exposes many contemporary ideas and assumptions about India and China as parochial. It equips anyone interested in political economy, gender relations, religion, art and literature with intellectual tools of remarkable subtlety and precision--the means to a truly profound and holistic understanding of two major countries that would decisively shape the world's future., In one stroke, What China and India Once Were opens up a new realm of knowledge. This bold experiment in comparative history not only exposes many contemporary ideas and assumptions about India and China as parochial. It equips anyone interested in political economy, gender relations, religion, art, and literature with intellectual tools of remarkable subtlety and precision--the means to a profound and holistic understanding of two major countries that would decisively shape the world's future., This fascinating volume is the indispensable starting point for long range India-China comparisons. It is methodologically sophisticated, unfailingly intelligent in the historical insights it provides, broad in its coverage and generous in the range of its cultural sympathies. The distinguished group of contributors are all in top form. They draw on deep reservoirs of scholarship but wear their learning lightly and accessibly. It is a measure of the success of the volume that not only will India and China specialists learn about each other's area of scholarship, they will also learn much that is new about their own. It is a comparative history that is both acutely self aware of the challenges of the genre, but also restores a sense of enchantment to the enterprise., A useful counter to the tendency to project from one case to the universal...Many readers, furthermore, will probably come to this book with a greater knowledge of one place than the other, the side-by-side analysis puts the lesser-known of the two countries in a more familiar context., Leading historians of early modern India and China come together in this volume to offer a series of wonderfully imaginative and sharply analytical studies of key aspects of these two large imperial formations. The result is a path-breaking volume which will be required reading for those interested in debates about 'early modernity' and their implications for understanding the origins of our own globalized world., What China and India Once Were makes an admirably far-ranging effort to compare the thought, political creativity, and institutions and social practices of these two great civilizations, which are now reentering the ranks of global powers. This insightful book could not be more timely.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
951
Table Of Content
Preface Maps Introduction, by Benjamin Elman and Sheldon Pollock Part I 1. Life and Energy, by Kenneth Pomeranz and Sumit Guha 2. Conquest, Rulership, and the State, by Pamela Crossley and Richard M. Eaton 3. Gender Systems: The Exotic Asian and Other Fallacies, by Beverly Bossler and Ruby Lal Part II 4. Relating the Past: Writing (and Rewriting) History, by Cynthia Brokaw and Allison Busch 5. Sorting Out Babel: Literature and Its Changing Languages, by Stephen Owen and Sheldon Pollock Part III 6. Big Science: Classicism and Conquest, by Benjamin Elman and Christopher Minkowski 7. Pilgrims in Search of Religion, by Zvi Ben-Dor Benite and Richard H. Davis 8. Art and Vision: Varieties of World Making, by Eugene Wang and Molly Aitken Afterword: The Act of Comparing (Both Sides, Now), by Haun Saussy and Dipesh Chakrabarty Chronology Chinese and Indian Terms List of Contributors Index
Synopsis
This book seek to understand modern China and India through an unprecedented comparative analysis of their long histories. Using new sources, making new connections, and reexamining old assumptions, noted scholars of China and India pair up in each chapter to tackle major questions by combining their expertise., In the early years of the twenty-first century, China and India have emerged as world powers. In many respects, this is a return to the historical norm for both countries. For much of the early modern period, China and India were global leaders in a variety of ways. In this book, prominent scholars seek to understand modern China and India through an unprecedented comparative analysis of their long histories. Using new sources, making new connections, and reexamining old assumptions, noted scholars of China and India pair up in each chapter to tackle major questions by combining their expertise. What China and India Once Were details how these two cultural giants arrived at their present state, considers their commonalities and divergences, assesses what is at stake in their comparison, and, more widely, questions whether European modernity provides useful contrasts. In jointly composed chapters, contributors explore ecology, polity, gender relations, religion, literature, science and technology, and more, to provide the richest comparative account ever offered of China and India before the modern era. What China and India Once Were establishes innovative frameworks for understanding the historical and cultural roots of East and South Asia in global context, drawing on the variety of Asian pasts to offer new ways of thinking about Asian presents.
LC Classification Number
DS421.W43 2018
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