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From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia
From the Ruins of Empire The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia
Author: Pankaj Mishra
The Victorian period, viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. As the British gunned down the last heirs to the Mughal Empire, burned down the Summer Palace in Beijing, or humiliated the bankrupt rulers of the Ottoman Empire, it was clear that for Asia to recover a vast intellectual eff...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385676106
ISBN-10: 0385676107
Publication Date: 9/4/2012
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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