Books by C.A. Bayly
“Bayly was able to show in this book that actually Europe and Britain might have been at the centre of modern development. But part of the energy was driven by the capacity of this centre to enter into collaborations with, and tap the energies of, societies around the planet, that might not necessarily have been on course for modernity, but nevertheless had strong dynamics of their own. Modernity arose from this merger, rather than simply something internal to ‘the West’.” Read more...
Peter Fibiger Bang, Historian
Interviews where books by C.A. Bayly were recommended
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The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture
by Peter Garnsey & Richard Saller -
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The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India, Awadh and Punjab, 1707-48
by Muzzafar Alam -
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A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology
by Pamela Kyle Crossley -
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Empire: The Russian Empire and its Rivals (from the 16th century to the present)
by Dominic Lieven -
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The Birth of the Modern World 1780-1914
by C.A. Bayly
The best books on Empires, recommended by Peter Fibiger Bang
The best books on Empires, recommended by Peter Fibiger Bang
Empires are a reflection of the fact some states are stronger than others and are by no means just a relic of the past, says Peter Fibiger Bang, historian of empire and world history at the University of Copenhagen. Here, he recommends books on a variety of empires, from the ancient Romans to the Mughal, Qing and Russian empires and explains what it is that made some empires so durable and resilient across the centuries.
