Modernity and Culture

Description:

Between the 1890s and 1920s, cities in the vast region stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean were experiencing political, social, economic, and cultural changes that had been set in motion at least since the early nineteenth century. As the age of pre-colonial empires gave way to colonial and national states, there was a sense that a particular liberalism of culture and economy had been irretrievably lost to a more intolerant age. Avoiding such dichotomies as East/West and modernity/tradition, this book provides a comparative analysis of contested versions of th.

subjects: East and West,  Cities and towns,  Civilization,  History,  Cities and towns, middle east,  Cities and towns, india,  Middle east, civilization,  India, civilization,  Asia, history,  Cities and towns--history,  Cities and towns--middle east--history--19th century,  Cities and towns--middle east--history--20th century,  Cities and towns--india--history--19th century,  Cities and towns--india--history--20th century,  Ds57 .m63 2002,  956,  Civilisation,  Villes,  Histoire,  General

Places: India,  Middle East

Times: 20th century,  1765-1947,  19th century