From the ruins of empire : (Record no. 23624)
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| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| International Standard Book Number | 9780241954676 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call number | 305.5230973 MI FR |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Authors | Mishra, Pankaj. |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | From the ruins of empire : |
| Subtitle | the revolt against the West and the remaking of Asia / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Pankaj Mishra. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London ; New York : |
| Publisher | Allen Lane : an imprint of Penguin Books, |
| Date | c2012. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 356 p. ; |
| Other Details | ill. : |
| Size | 24 cm. |
| SUMMARY | |
| Summary | From Pankaj Mishra, author the successful Temptations of the West and Butter Chicken in Ludhiana, comes a provocative account of how China, India and the Muslim World are remaking the world in their own image. The Victorian period, viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. As the British gunned down the last heirs to the Mughal Empire, burned down the Summer Palace in Beijing, or humiliated the bankrupt rulers of the Ottoman Empire, it was clear that for Asia to recover a vast intellectual effort would be required. Pankaj Mishra's fascinating, highly entertaining new book tells the story of a remarkable group of men from across the continent who met the challenge of the West. Incessantly travelling, questioning and agonising, they both hated the West and recognised that an Asian renaissance needed to be fuelled in part by engagement with the enemy. Through many setbacks and wrong turns, a powerful, contradictory and ultimately unstoppable series of ideas were created that now lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to Al Qaeda, from Indian nationalism to the Muslim Brotherhood. Mishra allows the reader to see the events of two centuries anew, through the eyes of the journalists, poets, radicals and charismatics who criss-crossed Europe and Asia and created the ideas which lie behind the powerful Asian nations of the twenty-first century. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | East and West |
| General | History |
| Chronological | 19th century. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | East and West |
| General | History |
| -- | 20th century. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Civilization. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | East and West. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Asia. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://uowd.box.com/s/mg2569xm4dpkwl9i9azs5heb88zt0fh5 |
| Public note | Location Map |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| -- | 42448 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| -- | 44829 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| -- | 44830 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| -- | 16498 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| -- | 6701 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| -- | 44831 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 2014-05-28 | ABE | 305.5230973 MI FR | T0025482 | 2017-01-26 | 17.01 | 2017-01-26 | REGULAR |