What China and India once were : the pasts that may shape the global future /

In the early years of the twenty-first century, China and India have emerged as world powers. In many respects, this is a return to the historical norm for both countries. For much of the early modern period, China and India were global leaders in a variety of ways. In this book, prominent scholars...

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Other Authors: Pollock, Sheldon I. (Editor), Elman, Benjamin A., 1946- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Life and energy / Kenneth Pomeranz and Sumit Guha
  • Conquest, rulership, and the state / Pamela Crossley and Richard M. Eaton
  • Gender systems: The exotic Asian and other fallacies / Beverly Bossler and Ruby Lal
  • Relating the past: Writing (and re-writing) history / Cynthia Brokaw and Allison Busch
  • Sorting out babel: Literature and its changing languages / Stephen Owen and Sheldon Pollock
  • Big science: Classicism and conquest / Benjamin Elman and Christopher Minkowski
  • Pilgrims in search of religion / Zvi Ben-Dor Benite and Richard H. Davis
  • Art and vision: Varieties of world-making / Eugene Wang and Molly Aitken.