Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jürgen Osterhammel, Robert Savage (Translator)Publish date:2018-06-12Pages:696
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691172729ISBN-10:691172722UPC:9780691172729Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Asia, Social HistorySize:9.40 x 6.50 x 2.20 inchesWeight:2.8021Product ID:SCQ9H5NVGR
Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of Asia
During the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic and colorful book, J rgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691172729ISBN-10:691172722UPC:9780691172729Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Asia, Social HistorySize:9.40 x 6.50 x 2.20 inchesWeight:2.8021Product ID:SCQ9H5NVGR
Jürgen Osterhammel is professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz. He is a recipient of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Germany's most prestigious academic award. His books include The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century and, with Jan C. Jansen, Decolonization: A Short History (both Princeton). He lives in Freiburg, Germany.
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