The idea of freedom in Asia and Africa / edited by Robert H. Taylor. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Robert H., 1943-

Series:

Making of modern freedom.

The making of modern freedom

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developing countries.

National liberation movements--Asia.

National liberation movements.

National liberation movements--Africa.

Nationalism--Asia--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Nationalism--Africa--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

National liberation movements--History--20th century--Asia.

National liberation movements--History--20th century--Africa.

Nationalism--Asia.

Nationalism--Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 329 p. )

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Itineraries of ideas of freedom in Africa : precolonial to postcolonial / Crawford Young

African states and the search for freedom / William J. Foltz

Developmentalism, revolution, and freedom in the Arab East : the cases of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq / James L. Gelvin

Ideas of freedom in modern India / Sudipta Kaviraj

Freedom in Burma and Thailand : inside or outside the state? / Robert H. Taylor

Reverberations of freedom in the Philippines and Vietnam / Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet

Japan : state, society, and collective goods versus the individual / Sheldon Garon

Redefinitions of freedom in China / Andrew J. Nathan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-45782-4