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Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond / Pankaj Mishra

Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond / Pankaj Mishra

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Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond / Pankaj Mishra

by Mishra, Pankaj

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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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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
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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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