Contributions

  • Fawaz, Leila Tarazi, 1944- - Contributor
  • Bayly, C. A. - Contributor
  • Ilbert, Robert. - Contributor

Publication

2002 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

102,500 words, Guess

Page Count

410 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing4776034

Classifications

  • DDC956
  • LCCDS57 .M63 2002

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 th.

Subjects

Topics

956VillesGeneralHistoryHistoireCivilisationCivilization

Other Editions

  • Modernity and culture: from the Mediterranean to the Indian OceanColumbia University Press2002-01-01

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