Life along the Silk Road /

Life along the Silk Road /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Whitfield, Susan, 1960- author.
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Description:	xvi, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Travelers -- Silk Road -- Biography. Silk Road -- History. Silk Road -- Biography. Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Asia -- History. Asia. Asia -- Silk Road. Biography. History.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10155777

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ISBN:	9780520280595 0520280598 9780520960299 0520960297
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In this long-awaited second edition, Susan Whitfield expands her trailblazing exploration of the Silk Road and broadens her rich and varied portrait of life along the great premodern trade routes of Eurasia. This new edition is comprehensively updated to support further understanding of themes relevant to global and comparative history. In the first 1,000 years after Christ, merchants, missionaries, monks, mendicants, and military men traveled on the vast network of Central Asian tracks that became known as the Silk Road. Whitfield recounts the lives of twelve individuals who lived at different times during this period, including two new characters: an African shipmaster and a Persian traveler and writer during the Arab caliphate. With these additional tales, Whitfield extends both geographical and chronological scope, bringing into view the maritime links across the Indian Ocean and depicting the network of north-south routes from the Baltic to the Gulf. Throughout the narrative, Whitfield conveys a strong sense of what life was like for ordinary men and women on the Silk Road, the individuals usually forgotten to history. A work of great scholarship, Life along the Silk Road continues to be extremely accessible and entertaining"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Preface to the Second Edition
Note on Transliteration and Names
Map
Introduction
Prologue: The Shipmaster's Tale
1. The Merchant's Tale
2. The Soldier's Tale
3. The Horseman's Tale
4. The Princess's Tale
5. The Courtesan's Tale
6. The Pilgrim's Tale
7. The Writer's Tale
8. The Official's Tale
9. The Nun's Tale
10. The Widow's Tale
11. The Artist's Tale
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index