Description
Blending fine-grained case studies with overarching theory, this book seeks to rethink 1,000 years of Eurasian history.
About the Author
Both a specialist in precolonial Burma and a comparativist interested in global patterns, Victor Lieberman graduated first in his class from Yale University and obtained his doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. His publications include Burmese Administrative Cycles: Anarchy and Conquest, c.1580-1760, which won the Harry J. Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies; Beyond Binary Histories: Re-Imagining Eurasia to c.1830, which he edited and an earlier version of which appeared as a special issue of Modern Asian Studies devoted to Lieberman's scholarship; and Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c.800-1830, Volume 1: Integration on the Mainland, which won the World History Association Book Prize. He is the Marvin B. Becker Collegiate Professor of History and Professor of Southeast Asian History at the University of Michigan.
Reviews
'Victor Lieberman's two-volume opus is the most important work of history produced so far this century ... It is no exaggeration to say that Strange Parallels is a paradigmatic work. It will inform our understanding of human history for generations to come.' The American Historical Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780521530361
Author Victor Lieberman
Format Paperback
Page Count 976
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1340g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 58mm