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Sites of Asian Interaction

Ideas, Networks and Mobility

Tim Harper editor Sunil Amrith editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:14th Jul '14

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This book sheds new light on the history of political and religious globalisation in modern Asia.

This book sheds light on the history of political and religious globalisation in modern Asia, transcending both national and imperial boundaries, while expanding the range of methodologies and sources brought to bear on studying Asia's modernity. It illuminates how ideas travelled across Asia, and how they changed in the process.A focus on the sites of Asian interaction enables this volume to shed new light on the growing field of diaspora studies. Research on Asia's many diasporas has enriched the older literature on migration to illuminate the links of kinship, affect, trade, and information that connect locations across Asia, and beyond. But where many recent works on particular diasporas have tended to look inwards - at how distinctive diasporic cultures maintained a sense of 'home' while abroad - the volume's focus has been on how different diasporas have come into contact with each other in particular places, often for the first time. It also engages with research in the fields of urban studies and urban history. The articles develop the already rich historical literature on port cities across Asia – the quintessential sites of Asian cosmopolitanism – as well as more recent work on the 'moving metropolises' and 'mobile cities' of contemporary Asia.

'… this book is a welcome addition to the scarce literature on transnational interactions within Asia.' Prabuddha Bharata

ISBN: 9781107082083

Dimensions: 238mm x 158mm x 22mm

Weight: 510g

260 pages