Background
Jasanoff, Maya was born on October 12, 1974 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Jay and Sheila Jasanoff.
(In this imaginative book, Maya Jasanoff uncovers the extr...)
In this imaginative book, Maya Jasanoff uncovers the extraordinary stories of collectors who lived on the frontiers of the British Empire in India and Egypt, tracing their exploits to tell an intimate history of imperialism. Jasanoff delves beneath the grand narratives of power, exploitation, and resistance to look at the British Empire through the eyes of the people caught up in it. Written and researched on four continents, Edge of Empire enters a world where people lived, loved, mingled, and identified with one another in ways richer and more complex than previous accounts have led us to believe were possible. And as this book demonstrates, traces of that world remain tangible—and topical—today. An innovative, persuasive, and provocative work of history.
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Jasanoff, Maya was born on October 12, 1974 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Jay and Sheila Jasanoff.
She was educated at Harvard College before studying for a master"s degree at Cambridge, where she worked with Christopher Bayly.
She serves as a professor of history at Harvard University, where she focuses on the history of Britain and the British Empire. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy at Yale with Linda Colley, completing the thesis “French and British imperial collecting in Egypt and India, 1780-1820” (Yale, 2002). Prior to arriving at Harvard, she taught at the University of Virginia.
She is currently working on a research project centering on the life and times of novelist Joseph Conrad.
As part of her research, she has blogged a journey on a cargo ship sailing from China to Europe.
(In this imaginative book, Maya Jasanoff uncovers the extr...)