Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment - David Scott - Books - Duke University Press - 9780822334330 - December 3, 2004
In case cover and title do not match, the title is correct

Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment

David Scott

Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment

Uses C. L. R. James'sThe Black Jacobins as a jumping-off point for a reconsideration of colonial and postcolonial concepts of history, politics, and agency.


296 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released December 3, 2004
ISBN13 9780822334330
Publishers Duke University Press
Pages 296
Dimensions 503 g
Language English  

Show all

More by David Scott