• critical theory
  • cloth boards with dust jacket
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 26.5 x 19.5 cm.
  • 270 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0520237862

The Silk Road : Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia

Frances Wood

description

"Covering more than 5,000 years, this book, lavishly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings from the collections of the British Library and other museums worldwide, presents an overall picture of the history and cultures of the Silk Road. It also contains many previously unpublished photographs by the great explorers Stein, Hedin, and Mannerheim. More than just a trade route, the Silk Road witnessed the movement of cultural influences. Frances Wood traces the story of the civilizations and ideas that flourished and moved along its vast geographical expanse. Indian Buddhism was carried into China on the Silk Road, initiating a long history of pilgrimages along the lonely deser routes; Manichaeism, Nestorian Christianity,, and Islam also made their way eastwards along its route. The nineteenth century saw a new interest in Central Asia and the Silk Road, as Russia and Britain vied for power on the frontiers of Afghanistan. A new breed of explorer, part archaeologist, part cartographer, part spy, was seen on the Silk Road, while some of the ancient cities, long buried in sand-blown dunes, began to give up their secrets. This book brings the history of the Silk Road alive - from its beginnings to the present day, revealing a rich legacy still in the making." -- from interior flap. Includes list of illustrations and bibliography.

Berkeley / Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press,
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