Books by Jack Goody
The East in the West
by Jack Goody
Goody challenges and demolishes this idea of the 18th and 19th centuries, which saw Asia as backward, as static, as immobile.
Interviews where books by Jack Goody were recommended
The best books on Racism and How to Write History, recommended by Francisco Bethencourt
Racism is not innate but emerges under special conditions, says the King’s College professor and author of the sweeping history Racisms: From the Crusades to the Twentieth Century. He chooses five books that inspired him.
