From South Asia to World History through C. A. Bayly’s Work

Using the term “legacy” for a career as productive, insightful, and pathbreaking as Chris Bayly's is doubtless an understatement. The movement in his publications from the transitional world in the Indian subcontinent leading to British imperialism, through aspects of high empire in India, to w...

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Published in:The Journal of Asian studies 2019-11, Vol.78 (4), p.869-881
Main Author: FREITAG, SANDRIA B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian studies
C. A. BAYLY’S REMAKING THE MODERN WORLD, 1900–2015: INTERPRETATIONS FROM ASIAN STUDIES
Capitalism
Consumption
Culture
Essays
Eurocentrism
Grasping
Imperialism
Society
World history
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Summary:Using the term “legacy” for a career as productive, insightful, and pathbreaking as Chris Bayly's is doubtless an understatement. The movement in his publications from the transitional world in the Indian subcontinent leading to British imperialism, through aspects of high empire in India, to world history through both case studies and broader context for grasping the implications of a changing world, provides valuable analyses for all of us, if not a pattern many could replicate. Perhaps what ought to be noted here is the experience, common to many of us working across a very broad range of problematics and focal points, to have found Bayly there, before us.
ISSN:0021-9118
1752-0401
DOI:10.1017/S0021911819001189