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"As befits the title of the series, The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction succeeds in giving the general audience a view of world history through the lens of biology, technology, commerce, and culture. A must read for any aspiring enlightened global citizen." --Yo-Yo Ma, Grammy award-winning recording artist; artistic director, The Silk Road Project "...offers a deeply informed survey of this storied route, paying attention to the history and legends associated with it, and nicely combining attention to the standard topics, such as the flow of people and goods along it, with a good discussion of its role in the dissemination of artistic practices." -- Jeff Wasserstrom, iLA Review of Books blog

Table of Contents
List of illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1: Environment, empires and ecumenes ; Chapter 2: Eras of silk road fluorescence ; Chapter 3: The biological silk road ; Chapter 4: The technological silk road ; Chapter 5: The arts on the silk road ; Chapter 6: Whither the silk road? ; References ; Further Reading ; Index

The Silk Road

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      Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
      Published 26 April 2013
      ISBN-13 9780199782864
      978-0199782864
      ISBN-10 0199782865
      Also in:
      History Asian history General and world history

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "As befits the title of the series, The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction succeeds in giving the general audience a view of world history through the lens of biology, technology, commerce, and culture. A must read for any aspiring enlightened global citizen." --Yo-Yo Ma, Grammy award-winning recording artist; artistic director, The Silk Road Project "...offers a deeply informed survey of this storied route, paying attention to the history and legends associated with it, and nicely combining attention to the standard topics, such as the flow of people and goods along it, with a good discussion of its role in the dissemination of artistic practices." -- Jeff Wasserstrom, iLA Review of Books blog

      Table of Contents
      List of illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1: Environment, empires and ecumenes ; Chapter 2: Eras of silk road fluorescence ; Chapter 3: The biological silk road ; Chapter 4: The technological silk road ; Chapter 5: The arts on the silk road ; Chapter 6: Whither the silk road? ; References ; Further Reading ; Index

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