The Silk Road : connecting histories and futures / Tim Winter.
| Author/creator |
Winter, Tim, 1971- |
| Other author/creator | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xiv, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Sociology |
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| Portion of title | Connecting histories and futures |
| Series | Oxford studies in culture and politics |
| Partial contents | The routes of civilization -- Frontiers of antiquity -- Japan as Asia? -- The car-tographies of adventure -- Closed worlds, open minds -- A divided world -- Civilizations in dialogue -- Metaphors of power -- Geostrategic revivals -- Silk Road futures. |
| Abstract | "Evocative and enigmatic, the Silk Road occupies a unique place in contemporary culture and international affairs. Across the world, it has captured the imagination as a story of camel caravans crossing desert and mountain, of precious goods moving between East and West, and of ideas, religions and technologies migrating across land and sea. As China seeks to "revive" the Silk Roads for the twenty-first century, this compelling, yet poorly understood, narrative of history now serves as a platform for building trade, diplomatic, infrastructure and geopolitical connections. "The Silk Road: Connecting Histories and Futures" is the first book to critically investigate the merits and problems of this fabled geocultural narrative of history, and map out the role it plays in international affairs. Four thematic sections trace its rise to global fame as a domain of scholarship and foreign policy, a celebration of peace and internationalism, and how it created dreams of exploration and grand adventure. China's Health Silk Road and civilizational politics are among the themes discussed that open up the Silk Roads as a space for critical enquiry"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021044585 |
| ISBN | 9780197605066 (pb) |
| ISBN | 9780197605059 (hb) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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