Modernity and culture
Subtitle: from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean
By: edited by Leila Tarazi Fawaz and C.A. Bayly with collaboration of Robert Ilbert.
Contributors: Fawaz, Leila Tarazi, 1944-; Bayly, C. A.; Ilbert, Robert.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Middle East -- History -- 19th century.; Cities and towns -- Middle East -- History -- 20th century.; Cities and towns -- India -- History -- 19th century.; Cities and towns -- India -- History -- 20th century.; East and West.; Middle East -- Civilization -- 19th century.; Middle East -- Civilization -- 20th century.; India -- Civilization -- 1765-1947.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.