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Modernity and Culture from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, 1890Ð1920
by (Editor: Leila Fawaz) (Editor: C. A. Bayly) (Editor: Robert Ilbert)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Columbia University Press (2001-05-15)
ISBN: 0231114273
EAN: 9780231114271
Binding/Media: Paperback - 432 pages
Edition: 0
SKU: 070707001
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: This copy is in good condition. There are highlights and underlining in various parts of the copy. tight spine. tiny smooth-out dog-ears to couple of pages to the bottom. No dust jacket. Front Soft cover has a slight crease to top/bottom edge. Minimum shelf/edge wear. Overall this is an interesting copy, worth having at an affordable price. (G 49)
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Product Description
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.
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