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Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia
Barlow
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Description for Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia
Paperback. Includes essays illustrating how valuable the analytic of colonial modernity is to the rethinking of contemporary history. Editor(s): Barlow, Tani E. Series: A Positions Book. Num Pages: 464 pages, 40 b&w photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 40. Weight in Grams: 772.
The essays in Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia challenge the idea that notions of modernity and colonialism are mere imports from the West, and show how colonial modernity has evolved from and into unique forms throughout Asia. Although the modernity of non-European colonies is as indisputable as the colonial core of European modernity, until recently East Asian scholarship has tried to view Asian colonialism through the paradigm of colonial India (for instance), failing to recognize anti-imperialist nationalist impulses within differing Asian countries and regions.
Demonstrating an impatience with social science models of knowledge, the contributors show that ... Read more
The essays in Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia challenge the idea that notions of modernity and colonialism are mere imports from the West, and show how colonial modernity has evolved from and into unique forms throughout Asia. Although the modernity of non-European colonies is as indisputable as the colonial core of European modernity, until recently East Asian scholarship has tried to view Asian colonialism through the paradigm of colonial India (for instance), failing to recognize anti-imperialist nationalist impulses within differing Asian countries and regions.
Demonstrating an impatience with social science models of knowledge, the contributors show that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Series
A Positions Book
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822319436
SKU
V9780822319436
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About Barlow
Tani E. Barlow is a historian of modern China, teaching in the women’s studies program at the University of Washington.
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