S. Frederick Starr

Broschiertes Buch

Lost Enlightenment

Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane

Beschreibung

In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds--remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic,

Autor

S. Frederick Starr is founding chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, which is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 680
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1000g
• ISBN-13: 9780691165851
• ISBN-10: 0691165858
• Artikelnr.: 41954882

Rezensionen

"Lost Enlightenment brilliantly re-creates for us the world of Central Asia, which for centuries was not a backwater but a center of world civilization. With a sure mastery of the large historical sweep as well as an eye for detail, Fred Starr has written an important book that will be a resource for years to come." - Francis Fukuyama, author of The Origins of Political Order