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This book sheds light on the history of political and religious globalization in modern Asia, transcending both national and imperial boundaries, while expanding the range of methodologies and sources brought to bear on studying Asia’s modernity. It illuminates how ideas travelled across Asia, and how they changed in the process. Tim Harper teaches history at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. His research interests include modern Southeast Asian history and world history. Sunil Amrith is a historian of modern South Asia at Birkbeck College, University of London. His research is on the trans-regional movement of people, ideas, and institutions. Sites of Asian Interaction Ideas, Networks and Mobility Edited by: Tim Harper & Sunil Amrith Price ` 795.00 only Size : 150mm x 230mm Pages : viii+254pp Year : 2014 Binding : Hardback ISBN : 9781107082083

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This book sheds light on the history of political and religious globalization in modern Asia, transcendingboth national and imperial boundaries, while expanding the range of methodologies and sources broughtto bear on studying Asia’s modernity. It illuminates how ideas travelled across Asia, and how they changedin the process.

Tim Harper teaches history at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. His research interests includemodern Southeast Asian history and world history.

Sunil Amrith is a historian of modern South Asia at Birkbeck College, University of London. His researchis on the trans-regional movement of people, ideas, and institutions.

Sites of Asian InteractionIdeas, Networks and Mobility

Edited by: Tim Harper & Sunil Amrith

Price ` 795.00 only

Size : 150mm x 230mm

Pages : viii+254pp

Year : 2014

Binding : Hardback

ISBN : 9781107082083

PrefaceIntroduction Tim Harper and Sunil S. Amrith1. Singapore, 1915, and the Birth of the AsianUndergroundTim Harper2. Living in the Material World: Cosmopolitanismand trade in early twentieth century LadakhJacqueline H. Fewkes3. Nation, Race, and Language: Discussingtransnational identities in colonial Singapore,circa 1930Chua Ai Lin4. Intimate Interactions: Eurasian family historiesin colonial PenangKirsty Walker5. Citing as a Site: Translation and circulationin Muslim South and Southeast AsiaRonit Ricci

6. Popular Sites of Prayer, Transoceanic Migration,and Cultural Diversity: Exploring the significanceof keramat in Southeast AsiaSumit K. Mandal7. Connecting People: A Central Asian Sufi networkin turn-of-the-century IstanbulLâle Can8. ‘Enough of the Great Napoleons!’ RajaMahendra Pratap’s Pan-Asian projects(1929–1939)Carolien Stolte9. Chinatowns and Borderlands: Inter-Asianencounters in the diasporaEvelyn Hu-Dehart10. Creating Spaces for Asian Interaction Throughthe Anti-Globalization Campaigns in the RegionTeresa S. Encarnacion TademIndex

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