Ainslie T. Embree
Auteur van Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 1: From the Beginning to 1800
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Born and educated through a B.A. degree in Nova Scotia, Canada, Ainslie T. Embree received an M.A. from Union Theological Seminary in 1947. He then went to India, where he taught history at Indore Christian College for a decade. In 1958 he emigrated to the United States, where two years later he toon meer received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. The remainder of his professional career has been spent at Columbia and at Duke universities. A naturalized citizen of the United States since 1965, he has served as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and as a counselor for cultural affairs in the American Embassy in New Delhi. A past president of both the Association of the American Institute of Indian Studies and the Association of Asian Studies, Embree has produced a number of major works. Recently he served as editor in chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Asian History (1988), a major new reference tool for Asia. Embree's work has been important in illuminating India's tortuous path from colonial domination to cultural and political independence. His work on the individual, religious, and cultural meaning of modernity in India has been very influential. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Ainslie T. Embree
Indien : Geschichte des Subkontinents von der Induskultur bis zum Beginn der englischen Herrschaft (1976) — Auteur — 41 exemplaren
Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching (Columbia Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum) (1995) 18 exemplaren
Sources of Indian Tradition: Volumes 1 & 2 6 exemplaren
Muslim Civilization in India 1 exemplaar
Hindu Thought; Readings in Oriental Thought 1 exemplaar
1947-1997 The Kashmir Dispute at Fifty 1 exemplaar
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Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2: Modern India and Pakistan (Introduction to Oriental Civilizations) (1958) — Redacteur, sommige edities — 168 exemplaren
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- Canada (birth)
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- Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Indore, India
New York, New York, USA - Opleiding
- Dalhousie University (BA | 1941)
Pine Hill Divinity School (BD | 1947)
Union Theological Seminary (MA | 1947)
Columbia University (MA | 1955)
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- Indore Christian College
Columbia University
Association for Asian Studies
American Historical Association
Asia Society
American Association for Asian Studies (toon alle 10)
American Institute of Indian Studies
Royal Canadian Air Force (1942-1945)
American Oriental Society
Council on Foreign Relations
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Sources of Indian Tradition: From the Beginning to… door Ainslie Thomas Embree
A history of Indian culture delivered via detailed explanation and reasoning of the importance of passages and how they fit into the grand scheme. The books major theme is the intellectual history of the subcontinent of South Asia. The layout of the book is consistent; having first a background, then a short explanation of some historic text, and the actual (translated) text. It is very interesting to see how the Indian philosophy has progressed. In terms of the overall coverage of the philosophy provided, it goes from property rights to what is knowledge. India's culture provides many insightful wisdoms.… (meer)
It's a little commentary, but mostly primary source documents, which are indispensable when researching. Unfortunately, it makes for pretty dry reading when going through the parts you're not too interested in. As a source of information for Indian history, though, it's great!
Interesting commentary and review of the Vedas, gods, etc... nice introduction to the religion.
This is a collection of short, selected snippets from various texts associated with hinduism, ranging from the earliest Vedas to Gandhi. The editor's introductions for the different chapters provide a short cultural history of India, but I thought the readings were a bit too short and fragmented to give much insight into hindu beliefs. However, I still think this is a useful book if you're looking for a short introduction to hinduism.
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