Life along the Silk Road: Second Edition by Susan Whitfield (English) Paperback

Description: Life along the Silk Road by Susan Whitfield Offers a portrait of life along the great pre-modern trade routes of Eurasia. This edition tells about the history about this road to reconstruct the route through the personal experiences of travelers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this long-awaited second edition, Susan Whitfield broadens her exploration of the Silk Road and expands her rich and varied portrait of life along the great pre-modern trade routes of Eurasia. This new edition is comprehensively updated to support further understanding of themes relevant to global and comparative history and remains the only history of the Silk Road to reconstruct the route through the personal experiences of travelers.In the first 1,000 years after Christ, merchants, missionaries, monks, mendicants, and military men traveled the vast network of Central Asian tracks that became known as the Silk Road. Whitfield recounts the lives of twelve individuals who lived at different times during this period, including two characters new to this edition: an African shipmaster and a Persian traveler and writer during the Arab caliphate. With these additional tales, Whitfield extends both geographical and chronological scope, bringing into view the maritime links across the Indian Ocean and depicting the network of north-south routes from the Baltic to the Gulf.Throughout the narrative, Whitfield conveys a strong sense of what life was like for ordinary men and women on the Silk Road, the individuals usually forgotten to history. A work of great scholarship, Life along the Silk Road continues to be both accessible and entertaining. Flap "The cast reads like something out of The Canterbury Tales . Brings to life the history and also the great variety of people, languages, religions, interests, and behaviors along the most remarkable of migratory routes."-- Sunday Times "A wonderful find. This book is a treasure."-- South China Morning Post "A trailblazer, vividly recreating the life and times of this great cultural highway."-- The Scotsman "Wonderfully written and highly evocative. Armchair travelers and historians will certainly enjoy reading it."-- Journal of Asian Studies "Enlightening. Whitfields skillfully crafted tales take readers on a journey back to the heyday of the Silk Road and enable them to relive its peoples unusual existence."-- Bloomsbury Review "Imaginative reconstruction of a distant time and place is this books great strength. Its both enjoyable and very useful for anyone teaching or learning about the region."--David Christian, Journal of World History "Susan Whitfield infuses her narrative with delightfully elaborate descriptions embracing an amazing plethora of topics. Her tales provide intimate historical matters well beyond the Chinese traditional accounts."-- Comparative Civilizations Review Author Biography Susan Whitfield runs the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library, which provides online access to hundreds of thousands of manuscripts, paintings, and archaeological artifacts from the eastern Silk Road. The author of numerous books and articles on the Silk Road and China, Whitfield travels widely in the region and curates relevant exhibitions. She lectures and teaches worldwide. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface to the Second Edition Note on Transliteration and Names Map Introduction Prologue: The Shipmasters Tale 1. The Merchants Tale 2. The Soldiers Tale 3. The Horsemans Tale 4. The Princesss Tale 5. The Courtesans Tale 6. The Pilgrims Tale 7. The Writers Tale 8. The Officials Tale 9. The Nuns Tale 10. The Widows Tale 11. The Artists Tale Epilogue Notes References Index Review "A more completely reconstructed Silk Road and more colorfully depicted stories." -- H. Zhang CHOICE Review Quote "Whitfields biographical summaries neatly contextualize a range of social, religious, and geo-political perspectives." Details ISBN0520280598 Author Susan Whitfield Language English Year 2015 ISBN-10 0520280598 ISBN-13 9780520280595 Format Paperback Media Book Publisher University of California Press Edition 2nd Residence ENK Birth 1960 Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Second Edition Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States Pages 312 Short Title LIFE ALONG THE SILK ROAD 2/E Publication Date 2015-03-25 UK Release Date 2015-03-25 NZ Release Date 2015-03-25 US Release Date 2015-03-25 Edition Description 2nd edition DEWEY 950.1 Illustrations 1 map, 10 color images, 10 b-w Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2015-03-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132750386;

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