Comparative Early Modernities 1100-1800 [Hardcover]

Featuring the cutting-edge interventions of nine leading scholars in Asia and Europe, this interdisciplinary volume showcases new comparative perspectives in the fields of literary, social, artistic, and economic history and re-examines the theoretical and methodological premises of comparative historical studies.Introduction ; David Porter A War of Worlds: Becoming 'Early Modern' and the Challenge of Comparison ; Ayesha Ramachandran Eurasian Literature ; Walter Cohen Asia-Centered Approaches to the History of the Early Modern World ; Luke Clossey Pornography, Chastity, and 'Early Modernity' in China and England, 1500-1640 ; Katherine Carlitz Hiding in Plane Sight: Accommodating Incompatibilities in Early Visual Modernity ; Richard Vinograd Cultural Trajectories: The Power of the Traditional within the Early Modern ; Jack Goldstone Did China's Late Empire have an Early Modern Era? ; R. Bin Wong Visualizing the State in Early Modern England and China ; Martin Powers Areas, Networks, and the Search for 'Early Modern' East Asia ; Kenneth PomeranzDAVID PORTERAssociate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at theUniversity of Michigan, USA.