TY - BOOK AU - Jasanoff,Maya TI - The dawn watch: Joseph Conrad in a global world SN - 9780007553730 (hbk.) : AV - PR6005.O4 U1 - 823.912 JAS 23 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - William Collins KW - Conrad, Joseph, KW - Globalization in literature KW - Literature KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - A visionary exploration of the life and times of Joseph Conrad, his turbulent age of globalisation and our own, from one of the most exciting young historians writing today. Migration, terrorism, the tensions between global capitalism and nationalism, the promise and peril of a technological and communications revolution: these forces shaped the life and work of Joseph Conrad at the dawn of the 20th century. In this brilliant new interpretation of one of the great voices in modern literature, Maya Jasanoff reveals Conrad as a prophet of globalisation as we recognise it today ER -