First published in English by Verso 2016
© Benedict Anderson 2016
Originally published in Japanese by NTT Publishing Co., Ltd. 2009
All rights reserved
The moral rights of the author have been asserted
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ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-456-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-457-7 (US EBK)
ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-455-3 (UK EBK)
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Anderson, Benedict R. O’G. (Benedict
Richard O’Gorman), 1936–2015.
Title: A life beyond the boundaries : a memoir /
Benedict Anderson.
Description: London : Verso, 2016. | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015050748| ISBN 9781784784560
(hardback) | ISBN
9781784784577 (US ebook) | ISBN 9781784784553
(UK ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Anderson, Benedict R. O’G.
(Benedict Richard O’Gorman),
1936–2015. | Anderson, Benedict R. O’G. (Benedict
Richard O’Gorman),
1936–2015 – Philosophy. | Historians – Biography. |
Intellectuals – Biography. | College teachers – New York
(State) – Ithaca – Biography. | Cornell University –
Faculty – Biography. |
Southeast Asia – Historiography. | Southeast Asia –
Study and teaching
(Higher) | Nationalism – Historiography. |
Nationalism – Study and teaching
(Higher) | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY &
AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political. | BIOGRAPHY &
AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
Classification: LCC D15.A53 A3 2016 | DDC 907.2/02
– dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015050748
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