Rahul Markovits

Gebundenes Buch

A Passage to Europe

The Astonishing Travels of an Indian Prince in the Age of Revolutions

Beschreibung

In A Passage to Europe, Rahul Markovits traces Ahmad Khan?s journey from Gujarat to Paris during the Reign of Terror. Through petitions and encounters across colonial India, the Ottoman Empire and Revolutionary France, he offers a counter to Eurocentric histories, revealing the global politics of mobility.

Autor

Rahul Markovits is Associate Professor (maître de conférences) in early modern history at the École normale supérieure, France. His work focuses on transnational cultural exchange during the 18th century. His PhD dissertation, Civiliser l'Europe. Politiques du théâtre français au XVIIIe siècle, was awarded the 2012 Baluze Prize in European history and won the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize 2016. He is based in Paris.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 32mm
• ISBN-13: 9781849250955
• ISBN-10: 1849250952
• Artikelnr.: 74116138