Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond / Pankaj Mishra
by Mishra, Pankaj
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0374173214
- ISBN 13
- 9780374173210
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About This Item
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 323 pages; 323 p. ; 24 cm. Essays first appearing in slightly different forms in The New York Review of Books, Granta, The New York Times Magazine, and the Guardian Weekend Magazine. Contents: Benares : learning to read -- Allahabad : the Nehrus, the Gandhis, and democracy -- Ayodhya : the modernity of Hinduism -- Bollywood : India shining -- Kashmir : the cost of nationalism -- Pakistan : jihad globalized -- Afghanistan : communists, mullahs, and warlords -- Nepal : the ""People's war"" -- Tibet : a backward country. Subjects: Mishra, Pankaj - Travel - South Asia. South Asia - Description and travel. South Asia - Civilization - Western influences.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond / Pankaj Mishra
- Author
- Mishra, Pankaj
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374173214
- ISBN 13
- 9780374173210
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
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