A. L. Basham (1912–1986)
Autor/a de The Wonder That Was India
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- Nom normalitzat
- Basham, A. L.
- Nom oficial
- Basham, Arthur Llewellyn
- Data de naixement
- 1912-05-14
- Data de defunció
- 1986-01-27
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Loughton, Essex, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Calcutta, India
- Llocs de residència
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Educació
- University of London (School of Oriental Studies, BA - Sanskrit, PhD - History)
- Professions
- historian
professor
Indologist - Relacions
- Barnett, L.D. (thesis advisor)
Basham, Abraham Arthur Edward (father)
Basham, Maria Jane (née Thompson) - Organitzacions
- Asiatic Society of Calcutta
School of Oriental and African Studies
Australian National University - Biografia breu
- Professor Arthur Llewellyn Basham was a historian with University of London (SOAS) and Australian National University in Canberra. He joined the ANU in 1965 as Professor of Oriental (later Asian) Civilizations and retired in 1979.
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- Obres
- 12
- També de
- 3
- Membres
- 655
- Popularitat
- #38,517
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 3
- ISBN
- 29
- Llengües
- 2
- Preferit
- 2
Basham ordered the book by discipline first with history—both pre-recorded and recorded—followed by government, society, everyday life, religion, the arts, and finally language and literature. This allowed for a generally reader friendly book as Basham covered the history of the subcontinent and then used that background to show the societal and cultural developments. Throughout the book are numerous illustrations, drawings, and maps that showed the richness of the civilization. However, being over 60 years old some of the information is out of date and that is not all of the imperfections that future readers should know about. Basham’s writing style is somewhat dry in places and reading becomes as slog. And the illustrations while being spread throughout the book are not easy to find when referenced in the text.
However, even with this downside The Wonder That Was India is still a great introduction into Indian history. A.L. Basham’s enthusiasm is very evident as well as his expertise on the subject. I definitely recommend this book for dedicated history readers, but issue a word of warning to general readers.… (més)