عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
DS10 .K345 1996
DS10
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K345
1996
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0679431489
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
2-12842
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Other Title Information
: a journey at the dawn of the 21st century
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Robert D. Kaplan.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Random House
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 476 p.
Other Physical Details
: maps
Dimensions
; 25 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-460) and index.
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Text of Note
In The Ends of the Earth, Robert D. Kaplan travels from the devastated countries of West Africa and the fundamentalist enclaves of Egypt and Iran to the culturally explosive lands of Central Asia, India, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia with hardly more than a notebook and a backpack.
Text of Note
Kaplan's intention was to investigate firsthand the effect of population explosion and environmental degradation in these countries and to see how the various cultures he encountered responded to them.
Text of Note
But as he traveled, talking to gun smugglers and government ministers, warlords and shantytown dwellers, he discovered that the real problem, in places as far afield as Sierra Leone and western China, was the reemergence of longstanding cultural rivalries and the dissolution of national boundaries as regions redefine themselves along ethnic and historic lines.
Text of Note
Kaplan's ground-level experiences allow him to avoid grandiose generalizations about the clash of civilizations and to replace them with intimate portraits of the men and women he encounters: Rafighdoost, Khomeini's fiercely loyal chauffeur; Ali Abdel Razag, keeper of the Aswan High Dam; and Ayshe Tanrikulu, a squatter on Golden Mountain, a shantytown on the outskirts of Ankara, who hopes that her sons will one day be doctors or engineers.
Text of Note
It is in the squalor of daily existence and in people's fears, frustrations, and dreams that Kaplan looks for the key to a country's future. The Ends of the Earth offers an intimate portrait of the devastated parts of the world, whose cultural disasters - like those in Bosnia, Chechnya, and Rwanda today - will dominate our attention and remake the world of tomorrow.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Kaplan, Robert D.,1952-Travel - Asia.
Kaplan, Robert D.,1952- Travel - Africa, West.
Kaplan, Robert D.,1952- Travel - Middle East.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Asia - Description and travel.
Africa, West - Description and travel.
Middle East - Description and travel.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
DS10
Book number
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K345
1996
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Kaplan, Robert D.,1952-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20090909192514.0
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129675
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