From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt against the West and the Remaking of Asia BN_Top_100 University of California

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high-resolution illustrations and full-color photomicrographs that clarify microanatomy in vibrant detail

threaded through these impressive accomplishments were periods of heartbreak and unimaginable tragedy--as well moments of passion and great joy

and practitioners who seek to dismantle institutional barriers that stand in the way of achieving equity

From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt against the West and the Remaking of Asia BN_Top_100 University of CaliforniaPankaj Mishra's From the Ruins of Empire offers a surprising, gripping narrative depicting the thinkers whose ideas shaped contemporary China, India, and the Muslim world. A little more than a century ago, independent thinkers across Asia sought to frame a distinct intellectual tradition that would inspire the continent's rise to dominance. Yet this did not come to pass, and today those thinkersTagore, Gandhi, and later Nehru in India; Liang Qichao