The idea of freedom in Asia and Africa
By: edited by Robert H. Taylor.
Contributors: Taylor, Robert H., 1943-
Series: The making of modern freedom
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: National liberation movements -- Asia; National liberation movements -- Africa; Nationalism -- Asia -- History -- 20th century; Nationalism -- Africa -- History -- 20th century; Imperialism; Developing countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Itineraries of ideas of freedom in Africa : precolonial to postcolonial / Crawford Young; title: African states and the search for freedom / William J. Foltz; title: Developmentalism, revolution, and freedom in the Arab East : the cases of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq / James L. Gelvin; title: Ideas of freedom in modern India / Sudipta Kaviraj; title: Freedom in Burma and Thailand : inside or outside the state? / Robert H. Taylor; title: Reverberations of freedom in the Philippines and Vietnam / Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet; title: Japan : state, society, and collective goods versus the individual / Sheldon Garon; title: Redefinitions of freedom in China / Andrew J. Nathan.