Crossing Cultures

Crossing Cultures
Author: Daniel Segal
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2022-09-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0816551316

Through re-examination of colonial and post-colonial encounters, this collection of essays makes a strategic intervention into the current debate over the study of "Western Civilization." Together they question whether, at least since Columbus, "the West" has existed independent of its relations with those deemed Other.

Ramparts of Empire

Ramparts of Empire
Author: B. Marsh
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2014-12-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137374012

This cultural and political study examines British perceptions and policies on India's Afghan Frontier between 1918 and 1948 and the impact of these on the local Pashtun population, India as a whole, and the decline of British imperialism in South Asia.