{"product_id":"how-asia-found-herself-9780300257045","title":"How Asia Found Herself","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pioneering history of cross-cultural knowledge that exposes enduring fractures in unity across the world’s largest continent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mr. Green has written a book of rigorous—and refreshing—honesty.”—Tunku Varadarajan, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For centuries the people of the region’s western and southern parts and those of the east and south-east have struggled to make sense of each other. That struggle is at the heart of \u003ci\u003eHow Asia Found Herself\u003c\/i\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Green’s book is a tour de force. . . . The question he asks—what is Asia, and on whose terms?—is thrilling, invigorating and important.”—Peter Frankopan, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this fascinating and original study, Green explores sources in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and other languages to see how Bahai, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Zoroastrian travelers, merchants, and polemicists tried to understand and influence the societies and cultures of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.”—\u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A compelling and refreshingly original study of dizzying scope that, drawing on a vast corpus of mostly untapped source materials in Asian languages, brushes aside easy assumptions of Asian interconnectivity.”—Yorim Spoelder, \u003ci\u003eAsian Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAwarded the Bentley Book Prize from the World History Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A majestic study of inter-Asian interactions. Green explains in dazzling detail how Asians came to understand the concept of Asia. \u003ci\u003eHow Asia Found Herself\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how inter-Asian interactions, and Asia herself, must be studied and analyzed.”—Tansen Sen, author of \u003ci\u003eIndia, China, and the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHow Asia Found Herself\u003c\/i\u003e marks a radical shift in perspective. Nile Green’s superb book traces pivotal but forgotten encounters among Asian travelers and intellectuals who discovered their own cultures anew through intercultural dialogue and translation. This is a model of polyglot, boundary-crossing research—and a beautiful and moving story of urgent contemporary relevance.”—Sunil Amrith, author of \u003ci\u003eUnruly Waters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With great attentiveness and sensitivity to detail, Nile Green has produced the first-ever truly inter-Asian intellectual history, uncovering the central role of religion in this story. Deftly researched and written, original, daring and more than fulfilling its promise, this book is an inter-Asian triumph.”—Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dao of Muhammad: A Cultural History of Muslims in Late Imperial China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Green writes erudite and elegantly crafted works of history that connect different parts of the world in stimulating and unexpected ways. His latest and most ambitious book makes a sparkling contribution to the fields of world history, comparative intellectual history, and Asian studies and is a pleasure to read.”—Jeffrey Wasserstrom, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford History of Modern China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401565839703,"sku":"9780300257045","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300257045.jpg?v=1730477818","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-asia-found-herself-9780300257045","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}