{"product_id":"the-dawn-watch-joseph-conrad-in-a-global-world-paperback","title":"The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaya Jasanoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Enlightening, compassionate, superb\" \u003cb\u003e--John Le Carré \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2018 Cundill History Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of 2017\u003cbr\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 today \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMigration, terrorism, the tensions between global capitalism and nationalism, and a communications revolution: these forces shaped Joseph Conrad's destiny at the dawn of the twentieth century. In this brilliant new interpretation of one of the great voices in modern literature, Maya Jasanoff reveals Conrad as a prophet of globalization. As an immigrant from Poland to England, and in travels from Malaya to Congo to the Caribbean, Conrad navigated an interconnected world, and captured it in a literary oeuvre of extraordinary depth. His life story delivers a history of globalization from the inside out, and reflects powerfully on the aspirations and challenges of the modern world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoseph Conrad was born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in 1857, to Polish parents in the Russian Empire. At sixteen he left the landlocked heart of Europe to become a sailor, and for the next twenty years travelled the world's oceans before settling permanently in England as an author. He saw the surging, competitive \"new imperialism\" that planted a flag in almost every populated part of the globe. He got a close look, too, at the places \"beyond the end of telegraph cables and mail-boat lines,\" and the hypocrisy of the west's most cherished ideals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a compelling blend of history, biography, and travelogue, Maya Jasanoff follows Conrad's routes and the stories of his four greatest works--\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Agent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLord Jim\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNostromo\u003c\/i\u003e. Genre-bending, intellectually thrilling, and deeply humane, \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn Watch\u003c\/i\u003e embarks on a spell-binding expedition into the dark heart of Conrad's world--and through it to our own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaya Jasanoff\u003c\/b\u003e is the Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard. She is the author of the prize-winning \u003ci\u003eEdge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e 1750-1850\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eLiberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), which received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction and the George Washington Book Prize. A 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, Jasanoff won the 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction. Her essays and reviews appear frequently in publications including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337020825965,"sku":"9780143111047","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/UDhVVm1ESG1LUTJDZjErcVJtM2ZUUT09.webp?v=1778922873","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dawn-watch-joseph-conrad-in-a-global-world-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}