Ainslie T. Embree
Auteur de Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 1: From the Beginning to 1800
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Ainslie T. Embree
Indien : Geschichte des Subkontinents von der Induskultur bis zum Beginn der englischen Herrschaft (1976) — Auteur — 41 exemplaires
Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence 1945: Reacting to the Past (2005) 21 exemplaires
Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching (Columbia Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum) (1995) 18 exemplaires
Sources of Indian Tradition: Volumes 1 & 2 6 exemplaires
Muslim Civilization in India 1 exemplaire
Hindu Thought; Readings in Oriental Thought 1 exemplaire
1947-1997 The Kashmir Dispute at Fifty 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2: Modern India and Pakistan (Introduction to Oriental Civilizations) (1958) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 168 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Embree, Ainslie T.
- Nom légal
- Embree, Ainslie Thomas
- Date de naissance
- 1921-01-01
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Canada (birth)
- Lieu de naissance
- Nova Scotia, Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Indore, India
New York, New York, USA - Études
- Dalhousie University (BA | 1941)
Pine Hill Divinity School (BD | 1947)
Union Theological Seminary (MA | 1947)
Columbia University (MA | 1955)
Columbia University (PhD | 1960) - Organisations
- Indore Christian College
Columbia University
Association for Asian Studies
American Historical Association
Asia Society
American Association for Asian Studies (tout afficher 10)
American Institute of Indian Studies
Royal Canadian Air Force (1942-1945)
American Oriental Society
Council on Foreign Relations
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Critiques
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