Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850

Maya Jasanoff

ISBN 10: 1400041678 / ISBN 13: 9781400041671

Published by Knopf, 2005

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Title: Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest...

Publisher: Knopf

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good

Edition: 1St Edition - may be Reissue.

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Synopsis:

A dramatic history of the formative years of the British Empire captures the events of the time through the lives of individuals who played a key role in the era and the objects they chose as memorials to their experiences, including a Palladian mansion filled with Western artifacts in Calcutta, a French archive of letters by a Mughal emperior, and other unique objects. 30,000 first printing.

Review:

"Spirited, teeming. . . . Jasanoff wants us to rethink the imperial experience." -The New York Times"Astute and moving. . . . As original--and beautifully written--as it is compelling to read." -The New York Sun"A historical tour de force, with wonderfully original and unusual material moulded into a convincing new narrative. Britain's empire will never look the same again."-The Guardian"Instead of concentrating on the 18th-and 19th-century European empire builders. . . . Jasanoff focuses on several ambitious, energetic, and eccentric men who used the East as a way to reinvent themselves....a fascinating and untold story." -The Boston Globe