Ainslie T. Embree
Author of Sources of Indian Tradition, Volume I: From the Beginning to 1800
About the Author
Born and educated through a B.A. degree in Nova Scotia, Canada, Ainslie T. Embree received an M.A. from Union Theological Seminary in 1947. He then went to India, where he taught history at Indore Christian College for a decade. In 1958 he emigrated to the United States, where two years later he show more received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. The remainder of his professional career has been spent at Columbia and at Duke universities. A naturalized citizen of the United States since 1965, he has served as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and as a counselor for cultural affairs in the American Embassy in New Delhi. A past president of both the Association of the American Institute of Indian Studies and the Association of Asian Studies, Embree has produced a number of major works. Recently he served as editor in chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Asian History (1988), a major new reference tool for Asia. Embree's work has been important in illuminating India's tortuous path from colonial domination to cultural and political independence. His work on the individual, religious, and cultural meaning of modernity in India has been very influential. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Ainslie T. Embree
Indien : Geschichte des Subkontinents von der Induskultur bis zum Beginn der englischen Herrschaft (1982) — Author — 43 copies
Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching (Columbia Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum) (1995) 19 copies
Associated Works
Sources of Indian Tradition, Volume II: Modern India and Pakistan (1958) — Editor, some editions — 185 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Embree, Ainslie T.
- Legal name
- Embree, Ainslie Thomas
- Birthdate
- 1921-01-01
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Dalhousie University (BA | 1941)
Pine Hill Divinity School (BD | 1947)
Union Theological Seminary (MA | 1947)
Columbia University (MA | 1955)
Columbia University (PhD | 1960) - Organizations
- Indore Christian College
Columbia University
Association for Asian Studies
American Historical Association
Asia Society
American Association for Asian Studies (show all 10)
American Institute of Indian Studies
Royal Canadian Air Force (1942-1945)
American Oriental Society
Council on Foreign Relations - Nationality
- Canada (birth)
- Birthplace
- Nova Scotia, Canada
- Places of residence
- Indore, India
New York, New York, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- Canada
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Reviews
This is a collection of short, selected snippets from various texts associated with hinduism, ranging from the earliest Vedas to Gandhi. The editor's introductions for the different chapters provide a short cultural history of India, but I thought the readings were a bit too short and fragmented to give much insight into hindu beliefs. However, I still think this is a useful book if you're looking for a short introduction to hinduism.
Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 1: From the Beginning to 1800 (Introduction to Oriental Civilizations) by Ainslie T. Embree
It's a little commentary, but mostly primary source documents, which are indispensable when researching. Unfortunately, it makes for pretty dry reading when going through the parts you're not too interested in. As a source of information for Indian history, though, it's great!
1931 India's Search for National Identity, by Ainslie T. Embree (read 4 June 1985) This is a good little paperback book for college students. It covers Indian history from 1880 to 1947, and is quite well done. It is not exhaustive, but neither is it exhausting.
Interesting commentary and review of the Vedas, gods, etc... nice introduction to the religion.
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- Rating
- 3.3
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- ISBNs
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