The Silk Road Connecting Histories and Futures【電子書籍】[ Tim Winter ]

＜p＞＜strong＞From the Great Game to the present, an international cultural and political biography of one of our most evocative, compelling, and poorly understood narratives of history.＜/strong＞ The Silk Road is rapidly becoming one of the key geocultural and geostrategic concepts of the twenty-first century. Yet, for much of the twentieth century the Silk Road received little attention, overshadowed by nationalism and its invented pasts, and a world dominated by conflict and Cold War standoffs. In ＜em＞The Silk Road＜/em＞, Tim Winter reveals the different paths this history of connected cultures took towards global fame, a century after the first evidence of contact between China and Europe was unearthed. He also reveals how this remarkably popular depiction of the past took hold as a platform for geopolitical ambition, a celebration of peace and cosmopolitan harmony, and created dreams of exploration and grand adventure. Winter further explores themes that reappear today as China seeks t．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る