Modernity and Culture from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, 1890Ð1920
Contributors: Leila Fawaz (Editor); C. A. Bayly (Editor); Robert Ilbert (Editor)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: May 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780231114264
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Modernism; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - General History; History: World; Indian Ocean; Mediterranean Sea; Middle East - General; History / Middle East; 19th century; Cities and towns; Civilization; India; Middle East
First sentence: A favored trade route between the regions surrounding the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden area permitted contact between Mediterranean and Asiatic networks onto which regional and local networks were grafted.