Columbia University Press Modernity and Culture from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean

Product Description -- Hasnan Hakim, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences Review "The guiding vision behind this collection is profound, and the overall quality of the articles is excellent." -- American Historical Review "The volume is a major contribution to the growing field of comparative history... Modernity and Culture, although focused on the Middle East and South Asia, will be of broad interest to students and teachers of world history for its explicit content and the stimulation it provides toward fresh conceptions and presentations of two major world regions in a global context." -- Frank F. Conlon, History: Reviews of New Books "This book can be regarded as a landmark achievement in expanding the scope of historical studies... It will provide a most valuable starting point for a new type of comparative studies." -- Ulrike Freitag, School of Oriental and African Studies "The contributors to Modernity and Culture capture many of the important trends that shaped the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean worlds during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." -- Jennifer Derr, Arab Studies Journal "The totality of the essays in Modernity & Culture validate the need for cross-regional analysis." -- MESA Bulletin "With its complex approach to the problems under study and its innovative interpretations, this collection represents an important stimulus." -- Svetla Ianeva, Mediterranean Historical Review About the Author Leila Tarazi Fawaz is a professor of history in the School of Arts and Sciences and a professor of diplomacy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, both at Tufts University.C. A. Bayly is professor of history at Cambridge University and fellow of St. Catharine's College.