Silk Roads
from local realities to global narratives
$236.28
- Hardcover
312 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2020
Summary
The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives
In recent decades, there has been a new surge of interest in the history and legacies of the Silk Roads both within academic and public discourses. A field of Silk Roads Studies has come into its own. Consciously mirroring the temperament of its subject, the field has moved out of the narrow niches of particular disciplines to become a truly interdisciplinary endeavor.
New research findings about the historical operat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781789254709 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1789254701 |
| Author: | Jeffrey D. Lerner, Yaohua Shi |
| Publisher: | Oxbow Books |
| Imprint: | Oxbow Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2020 |
| Weight: | 908g |
| Dimensions: | 280mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
The papers range geographically across the overland and maritime Silk Routes, and chronologically from antiquity to contemporary issues around China’s One Belt One Road Initiative. As such, it is an amazing volume. * Current World Archaeology *Lerner and Shi argue that “the time is ripe to begin formulating a new definition of the contour of Silk Roads Studies and laying a new foundation for further work in this field” (p. 1); this interdisciplinary volume with its broad-ranging content is certainly a very good start. * Antiquity *
About The Author
Jeffrey D. Lerner
Jeffrey D. Lerner is a Professor of Ancient History at Wake Forest University. His main research interest concerns Central Asia in antiquity with special emphasis on the Hellenistic Period.
Yaohua Shi is an Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Wake Forest University. His research interests include pre-modern Chinese vernacular fiction and East-West cultural relations.
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