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The Uniqueness of Western Civilization

The Uniqueness of Western Civilization 316 | ASIAN REVIEW OF WORLD HISTORIES 1:2 (JULY 2013) Development of India Under the East India Company 1814–58: A Se- lection of Contemporary Writings. Cambridge: Cambridge Universi- ty Press, 1971, p. 225). This reviewer from a non-English-speaking country wishes the author had referred to this linguistic impact on the Indian business community. In addition, it would have been quite helpful if the au- thor included a glossary of Indian terms for those unfamiliar with this aspect. In spite of these shortcomings, by examining the impact of the Europeans’ trading organization and its activities in Indian business society, this introductory book brings new insights to the history of the East India Company. By Ricardo DUCHESNE Studies in Critical Social Sciences vol. 28 Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers, 2011. 540 pp. ISBN: 978-9004192485 (Hardcover) Reviewed by Geetanjali SRIKANTAN Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore, India doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/arwh.2013.1.2.316 Why have the great accomplishments in the arts and sciences been overwhelmingly European and why is Europe the most crea- tive culture in the world? One fails to be persuaded by Ricardo Duchesne’s focal question in his heavily cited voluminous 540 page effort to prove that there is something “wrong” http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Review of World Histories Brill

The Uniqueness of Western Civilization

Duchesne, Ricardo
Asian Review of World Histories , Volume 1 (2): 4 – Jun 29, 2013
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316 | ASIAN REVIEW OF WORLD HISTORIES 1:2 (JULY 2013) Development of India Under the East India Company 1814–58: A Se- lection of Contemporary Writings. Cambridge: Cambridge Universi- ty Press, 1971, p. 225). This reviewer from a non-English-speaking country wishes the author had referred to this linguistic impact on the Indian business community. In addition, it would have been quite helpful if the au- thor included a glossary of Indian terms for those unfamiliar with this aspect. In spite of these shortcomings, by examining the impact of the Europeans’ trading organization and its activities in Indian business society, this introductory book brings new insights to the history of the East India Company. By Ricardo DUCHESNE Studies in Critical Social Sciences vol. 28 Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers, 2011. 540 pp. ISBN: 978-9004192485 (Hardcover) Reviewed by Geetanjali SRIKANTAN Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore, India doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/arwh.2013.1.2.316 Why have the great accomplishments in the arts and sciences been overwhelmingly European and why is Europe the most crea- tive culture in the world? One fails to be persuaded by Ricardo Duchesne’s focal question in his heavily cited voluminous 540 page effort to prove that there is something “wrong”

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