THE DAWN WATCH

A visionary exploration of the life and times of Joseph Conrad, his turbulent age of globalization and our own, from one of the most exciting young historians writing todayMigration, terrorism, the tensions between global capitalism and nationalism, and a communic ations revolution: these forces shaped Joseph Conrads destiny at the dawn of the twentieth century. In this brilliant new interpret ation of one of the great voices in modern literature, Maya Jasanoff reveals Conrad as a prophet of globalization. As an immigrant f rom Polan...[Llegir més]