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ISBN: 9781780765402 - Writing Revolution Writing Revolution
Matthew Cassel, Layla Al-Zubaidi

ISBN10: 1780765401  ISBN13: 9781780765402
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd I.B.Tauris
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 May 2013
From Cairo to Damascus and from Tunisia to Bahrain, Layla Al-Zubaidi and Matthew Cassel have brought together some of the most exciting new writing born out of revolution in the Arab world. This is a remarkable collection of testimony... More

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ISBN: 9780199791125 - Afghanistan in the Post-Cold War Era Afghanistan in the Post-Cold War Era
Barnett R Rubin (Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on

ISBN10: 0199791120  ISBN13: 9780199791125
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 09 May 2013
One of our foremost authorities on modern Afghanistan, Barnett R. Rubin has dedicated much of his career to the study of this remote mountain country. He served as a special advisor to the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke during his final mission... More

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ISBN: 9780520275201 - Beyond the Metropolis Beyond the Metropolis
Louise Young

ISBN10: 0520275209  ISBN13: 9780520275201
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Apr 2013
In Japan, as elsewhere, cities became the staging ground for wide ranging social, cultural, economic, and political transformations. This title looks at the emergence of urbanism in the interwar period, a global moment when the material and... More

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ISBN: 9780199588664 - Mao Mao
Delia Davin

ISBN10: 019958866X  ISBN13: 9780199588664
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Apr 2013
Mao Zedong was a giant of 20th century history. In this Very Short Introduction, Delia Davin provides an account of Mao the man. From his childhood as a peasant to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth, she considers the major events in his... More

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ISBN: 9780748665785 - Healing the Nation Healing the Nation
Yucel Yanikdag

ISBN10: 0748665781  ISBN13: 9780748665785
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 24 Apr 2013
Explores how the Great War influenced the construction of identity and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire. This title also explores how, during the First World War, Ottoman prisoners of war and military doctors discursively constructed their nation... More

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ISBN: 9789888139101 - Rethinking Visual Narratives from Asia Rethinking Visual Narratives from Asia
Alexandra Green

ISBN10: 988813910X  ISBN13: 9789888139101
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 23 Apr 2013
Rethinking Visual Narratives covers topics from the first millennium B.C.E. through the present day, testifying to the enduring significance of visual stories in shaping and affirming cultural practices in Asia. Contributors analyze how visual... More

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ISBN: 9780385531924 - India India
Diana L Eck

ISBN10: 0385531923  ISBN13: 9780385531924
Publisher: Random House USA Inc Three Rivers Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Apr 2013

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ISBN: 9780745333625 - The Financial Crisis and the Global South The Financial Crisis and the Global South
Yilmaz Akyuz

ISBN10: 0745333621  ISBN13: 9780745333625
Publisher: Pluto Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 08 Apr 2013
Explores the policy options available for developing and emerging economies in response to the global economic crises. This book is a major contribution exploring the policy options available for developing and emerging economies in response to... More

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ISBN: 9789888139521 - Imperial Contagions Imperial Contagions
Robert Peckham

ISBN10: 9888139525  ISBN13: 9789888139521
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Apr 2013
Imperial Contagions argues that there was no straightforward shift from older, enclavist models of colonial medicine to a newer emphasis on prevention and treatment of disease among indigenous populations as well as European residents. More

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ISBN: 9781780763668 - Ancient Religions of the Austronesian World Ancient Religions of the Austronesian World
Julian Baldick

ISBN10: 1780763662  ISBN13: 9781780763668
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd I.B.Tauris
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Mar 2013
Austronesia is the vast oceanic region which stretches from Madagascar to Taiwan to New Zealand. In this book, the author argues that the diverse inhabitants of the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Guinea and Oceania show a common inheritance... More