{"product_id":"the-silk-road-connecting-histories-and-futures-9780197605059","title":"The Silk Road: Connecting Histories and Futures","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tim Winter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Great Game to the present, an international cultural and political biography of one of our most evocative, compelling, and poorly understood narratives of history.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Silk Road is rapidly becoming one of the key geocultural and geostrategic concepts of the twenty-first century. Yet, for much of the twentieth century the Silk Road received little attention, overshadowed by nationalism and its invented pasts, and a world dominated by conflict and Cold War\u003cbr\u003estandoffs. In \u003cem\u003eThe Silk Road\u003c\/em\u003e, Tim Winter reveals the different paths this history of connected cultures took towards global fame, a century after the first evidence of contact between China and Europe was unearthed. He also reveals how this remarkably popular depiction of the past took hold as a\u003cbr\u003eplatform for geopolitical ambition, a celebration of peace and cosmopolitan harmony, and created dreams of exploration and grand adventure. Winter further explores themes that reappear today as China seeks to revive the Silk Roads for the twenty-first century. Known across the globe, the Silk Road\u003cbr\u003eis a concept fit for the modern world, and yet its significance and origins remain poorly understood and are the subject of much confusion. Pathbreaking in its analysis, this book presents an entirely new reading of this increasingly important concept, one that is likely to remain at the center of\u003cbr\u003eworld affairs for decades to come.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47888884891799,"sku":"9780197605059","price":10594.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780197605059.webp?v=1781169234","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-silk-road-connecting-histories-and-futures-9780197605059","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}